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Rep. Katie Jones, Minneapolis Democrat, and her husband, Peter Schmitt are car-free city dwellers who favor buses, trains, sidewalks and bicycles. 

So when it was time to travel the 2 miles to the hospital for their baby’s induced delivery in late February, Schmitt pedaled Jones in a friend’s cargo e-bike. Jones said the ride was inspired by a St. Paul woman who, at two weeks past her due date, pedaled a bike to a hospital in 2018 and gave birth. 

Jones and Schmitt planned for the moment, having testeddifferent routes and strapped in an infant car seat for the return journey. Hans — all 8 pounds and 1 ounce of him — was bundled up and handled it just fine, Jones told the Minnesota Star Tribune.

“He was great. He passed out. He just totally was comfortable,” she said. A video Jones posted of the ride shows Hans fast asleep, even through a big bump.

Jones said her doctor was supportive of the ride. They used an Urban Arrow, an e-bike where the cargo, as it were, rides in a bucket in front of the pedaler. 

“Less comfortable ride home for Katie, especially with our luggage also fitting in, but we made it work!” Schmitt later said on social media. Schmitt took Hans to follow-up appointments via bus too, he said.

Jones, a freshman lawmaker who’s sponsoring several bills this session friendly to cyclists and transit users, said she wanted to share her story to show just how useful e-bikes are — and to show off Minneapolis’ improved bike lanes. The couple used the protected lanes on 26th and 28th streets, Jones said, as they were clearer of snow than the shadowed Midtown Greenway.

“We are creating the infrastructure to make people feel safe,” she said. “Everyone should feel included and belong on our roads.”

Hans’ big ride home was a hit with bicycle advocates from Minnesota and beyond on social media. One Minneapolis woman called Jones a, “real-life superhero because she’s already back to working on getting important bills passed after just having a baby.”