Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about e-bikes

The United Nations Secretariat building. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Despite ‘Lofty’ Climate Goals, United Nations Bans Cyclists on its Campus

By Julianne Cuba | Jun 2, 2023 | No Comments

Cyclists are barred from bringing their two-wheelers onto the vaunted United Nations campus, while drivers, who are notorious for skirting parking tickets, are waved right through its security gates.

Transportation Alternatives, Los Deliveristas Unidos, United Parcel Service, Oonee, Open Plans, WE ACT for Environmental Justice and other groups will gather on Wednesday at 10 a.m. on 19th Street and Ninth Avenue in Manhattan to demand changes.

Advocates: City Must Make E-Mobility Safer and More Widespread — And Here’s How To Do It

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 17, 2023 | No Comments

The bike boom is now going vroom, vroom.

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Talking Headways Podcast: E-Bikes to Freedom!

By Jeff Wood | Apr 30, 2023 | No Comments

Denver's rebate program is a model for the nation, so this episode is what we consider "must-hear" Headways1

Delivery Apps Should ‘Step Up’ to Help Workers Avoid Deadly Lithium-Ion Fires, City Says

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 18, 2023 | No Comments

City Hall is "very much aligned in spirit” with the proposed buyback program.

Finally! Uber Helps Fund Two Battery Buy-Back Programs

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 11, 2023 | No Comments

The San Francisco-based tech giant, which so far has remained relatively silent on an issue that has blazed through the city, is helping fund the two separate pilot programs both aimed at improving access to safe e-bikes and batteries.

This is the future. As the city seeks to hit a sustainable transportation mode share of 80 percent by 2050, it's testing out wider bike lanes that allow cyclists to pass one another. Photo: NYC DOT

Eyes on the Street: City Debuts ‘Double-Lane’ Protected Bike Lane on Four Blocks of Ninth Avenue

By David Meyer | Apr 7, 2023 | No Comments

City DOT crews laid down four blocks of "double-lane" protected bike lane on Ninth Avenue in Manhattan this week — debuting a "passing lane" design officials plan to rollout later this year at locations across the city.

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