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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
More Money for Delivery Workers Will Require More Protection for Them
In New York, a significant pay raise for city delivery workers could end up increasing the number of deliveries made per hour, which might unleash more two-wheeled deliveristas crisscrossing the city's deadly streets at all hours of the day and night. Be careful what you wish for?
November 23, 2022
FDNY Backing Council Bills to Address Deadly Fires from Lithium Ion Batteries
Bills to curb e-bike fires are moving ahead.
November 14, 2022
