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NYC Pol Wants Feds to Rein in Faulty Lithium-Ion Batteries
“My legislation ... is an expression of the government's highest obligation, which is public safety,” said Rep. Ritchie Torres.
March 8, 2023
Streetsblog Gets Action: Battery ‘Buy-Back’ Program and Other Lithium-Ion Bills Advance in Council
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).
March 2, 2023
Is The Solution to Deadly Lithium-Ion Battery Fires a Trade-In Program?
Advocates and experts are calling for a "battery buy-back" program modeled on successful efforts to reduce guns.
February 22, 2023
Opinion: The George Washington Bridge’s Revamped Bike-Ped Paths are Not Enough
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.
February 14, 2023
FDNY Wants Feds to Ban Faulty Lithium-Ion Batteries From Entering U.S.
It's an important change in tactic for the FDNY.
February 14, 2023
Opinion: It’s Time to Rethink One-Hour Deliveries
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.
February 12, 2023
Task Farce Delta: City Hall Also Has Its Own Electric Micromobility Panel
The task force so nice they did it twice.
January 18, 2023
Thursday’s Headlines: The Greatness of E-Bikes Edition
The New Yorker's shopping writer, Patricia Marx, weighed in this week on the electric bike, which far outsells electric cars right now. Here are the takeaways — plus other news.
December 29, 2022
Three Council Members Whose Districts Surround Prospect Park Demand the Return of E-Bikes
Three Brooklyn Council members whose districts all touch Prospect Park are demanding that the Parks Department allow the battery-boosted bikes to be used inside the greenspace, which, like other city parks, don't permit e-bikes.
December 21, 2022
UP IN SMOKE? Private Buildings Step Up E-Bike Bans in Wake of Fires
Private buildings and institutions are banning e-mobility devices amid growing fears over fires attributed to faulty lithium-ion batteries that have killed six people this year and left many more without a home. But is this the right way to go about it?
December 13, 2022
