Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about E-scooters

Education is needed to push back on the "demonization" of e-bikes, according to pols.

State Pols Call on DOTs to Counter E-Bike ‘Demonization’

By Kevin Duggan | Mar 10, 2023 | No Comments

Inaction by the two agencies could give state lawmakers or local municipalities a political opening to ban e-bike and e-scooter use completely on safety grounds, the group of state senators warned.

Acting Chief of Fire Prevention at FDNY Thomas Currao. Photo: Credit John McCarten/NYC Council Media Unit

FDNY Backing Council Bills to Address Deadly Fires from Lithium Ion Batteries

By Julianne Cuba | Nov 14, 2022 | No Comments

Bills to curb e-bike fires are moving ahead.

DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez recently rode a scooter on the new Bronxdale Avenue bike lane. File photo: DOT

Bronx Scooter Pilot to Become Permanent — And Likely Expand

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 14, 2022 | No Comments

The universe (of scooters) is expanding.

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Research: Scooters Cut Car Travel and Emissions More Than Previously Thought

By Kea Wilson | Nov 6, 2022 | No Comments

A pair of new studies are challenging the myth that micromobility doesn't cut car travel or reduce more emissions than the modes they tend to replace.

Opinion: E-Bike Charging Stations in Former Newstands Won’t Get it Done

By Baruch Herzfeld | Oct 11, 2022 | No Comments

The Doordash/GrubHub/UberEats tech bros business model is basically, "Burning Man for me, burning apartments for thee."

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How Tech Billionaires are Threatening America’s Transportation Future

By Kea Wilson | Sep 14, 2022 | No Comments

Author Paris Marx reveals exactly what's wrong with the fantasies of some of the most prominent transportation tech "visionaries" of our time, and draws a blueprint for a better mobility system based on serving the needs of the many.

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