"They understand that predatory delivery apps demand routes and times that are impossible without battery power, but also want to be able to cross the street without worrying for their safety. That's why I'm introducing a bill alongside nearly one-third of my fellow City Council members from both sides of the aisle that will defend pedestrians, protect delivery workers, and demand safety on our streets: the Ride Safe, Ride Right Act."
"For years, e-bikes were illegal throughout New York City. Then in 2020, everything suddenly changed. Delivery workers were rightly recognized as essential workers, and with a pandemic ravaging the city, Albany and City Hall worked quickly to legalize e-bikes. Overnight, tens of thousands of delivery workers were able to legally ride e-bikes on the streets of New York City, delivering the food, personal protective equipment, and medicine New Yorkers needed."
"Now that delivery workers won't have to worry about traveling as fast as possible just to make ends meet and have access to lower-cost e-bikes with safe batteries, it's time for the City Council to come together for a new piece of legislation that will ensure a safer, built-in speed cap of 20 mph for all e-bikes in New York City."
New York City legalized e-bikes in 2020, enabling tens of thousands of delivery workers to legally ride and deliver food, PPE, and medicine. The City Council has worked over five years to improve worker conditions, require safe battery standards, and mandate a livable wage for delivery workers. The City Council is overturning Mayor Adams's veto to close a loophole in the minimum pay law and ensure fair pay for delivery workers. A proposed Ride Safe, Ride Right Act would create a built-in 20 mph speed cap for all e-bikes to protect pedestrians and delivery workers. Exploitative delivery companies continue to steal pay and demand unsafe bikes and unrealistic delivery times.
Read at www.amny.com
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