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🚨 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)
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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

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[–] 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child)

I don't think there's some nefarious "they" cabal here, certainly not an organized one trying to discourage biking. Occam's Razor is there are a few different types of people supporting this. Chief among them are just carbrained people who can't fathom biking for transportation, who don't realize how slow that is when they've only toodled on a 35 pound mountainbike recreationally at 10 mph. Then you've also got people who have almost been hit by a delivery scooter thinking "ebikes are a menace" solely because they're new and something some "other" group of people uses, and so it's easy to say "they must be stopped" while ignoring the crazy fast, way heavier cars they're already desensitized to.

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    Then you've also got people who have almost been hit by a delivery scooter thinking "ebikes are a menace" solely because they're new and something some "other" group of people uses, and so it's easy to say "they must be stopped" while ignoring the crazy fast, way heavier cars they're already desensitized to.

    i wonder who invested in the consistent motor vehicle marketing and infrastructure over the last 100 years?

    surely not the rich and powerful behind the status quo of american car manufacturing.

    that would be insane to think they were somehow involved in maintaining the status quo through bribery and lobbying in one of the most populated and popular cities on earth.

    unheard of in the united states! surely new yorks very uncorrupt mayor is above such lowely criminal behaviours.

    it would make zero sense for someone to make such a silly law for an ecofriendly and virtually free alternative (after a small initial investment in comparison) that existed well before motor vehicles ever did.

    occams razor applies, for sure. this is america afterall.

    you're probably right, theres nothing to see here. surely the mayor of new york city couldnt possibly be in a position to profit from such a law. that would be INSANE

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