253
🚨 New York City is holding a public hearing on Mayor Adams's controversial proposal to cap e-bike speed-limits at 15 mph. People can file a written comment until 5 p.m. 📢 (rules.cityofnewyork.us)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
130 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Today is a big day for the future of e-bikes in New York City. A hearing starts at 10 a.m. You can file a written comment until 5 p.m. You can also send an email to rules@dot.nyc.gov until 5 p.m

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 3 points 1 year ago

For the reasons I outlined in my previous comment: forcing NYC e-bikes to be governed to a different speed than e-bikes everywhere else in the country (thus requiring selling a separate NYC-specific model) would be bad for e-bike adoption.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent