Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about e-bikes

Streetsblog Gets Action: Battery ‘Buy-Back’ Program and Other Lithium-Ion Bills Advance in Council

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 2, 2023 | No Comments

A Manhattan Council member introduced legislation on Thursday that would create a citywide "buy back" program for uncertified lithium-ion batteries that have sparked dozens of fires — a proposal that comes two weeks after Streetsblog proposed it (see inset).

Uber is partnering with e-bike company Zoomo and the Equitable Commute Project to fund two e-bike trade-in programs.

Is The Solution to Deadly Lithium-Ion Battery Fires a Trade-In Program?

By Julianne Cuba | Feb 22, 2023 | No Comments

Advocates and experts are calling for a "battery buy-back" program modeled on successful efforts to reduce guns.

The new ramps on the north side of the George Washington Bridge are great. But the bike path itself is too narrow. Photo: Kevin Duggan

Opinion: The George Washington Bridge’s Revamped Bike-Ped Paths are Not Enough

By Neile Weissman | Feb 14, 2023 | No Comments

The Port Authority could have widened the narrow shared paths on the George Washington Bridge as part of its $1.9-billion program to “Restore the George.” It didn't, even as biking boomed.

A delivery worker with his e-bike and multiple batteries. File photo

FDNY Wants Feds to Ban Faulty Lithium-Ion Batteries From Entering U.S.

By Julianne Cuba | Feb 14, 2023 | No Comments

It's an important change in tactic for the FDNY.

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Opinion: It’s Time to Rethink One-Hour Deliveries

By Hazel O'Neil | Feb 12, 2023 | No Comments

All that ultra-fast delivery, though, comes at a high cost in carbon emissions, traffic congestion, labor, and more. And those negative outcomes have to date gone largely unregulated.

Task Farce Delta: City Hall Also Has Its Own Electric Micromobility Panel

By Dave Colon | Jan 18, 2023 | No Comments

The task force so nice they did it twice.

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