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Deep Dive: City Hall Offers Glimpse of Draft Plan To Regulate Delivery Apps
The Adams Administration revealed its plans to regulate delivery app companies. Here's how it would affect the major stakeholders — and you.
How an Ex-Delivery Worker Upended NYC’s Streets
Ou Zhou, a former delivery worker who founded Fly E-Bike, has hit it big selling fast, low-cost electric bikes and mopeds to delivery workers, transforming New York City streets in the process. But with concerns growing about fires from lithium-ion batteries and more scrutiny on the way, can his electric empire survive? Co-published today with Curbed.
Q&A: Whizz CEO Has Lessons For E-Bike Regulation
Company CEO Mike Peregudov sits down with Streetsblog to talk about his industry and why putting license plates on e-bikes is a non-starter.
Apply Yourself: Tiny Number of Delivery Workers Will Get Safe E-Bikes in City Program
Delivery workers can now apply to trade in their uncertified or illegal e-bikes and mopeds for a brand new street-legal bike from the city.
Astro-Turf: Industry Group Says Fair Pay For Delivery Workers Means Higher Grocery Prices
An app industry-supported group is trying to sway the conversation around expanding the delivery worker minimum wage.
‘Trojan Horse’: E-Bike Licensing Bill Would Fuel Anti-Immigrant Policing
Council members fail to address the e-bike registration bill's potential harmful outcomes.
The ‘Instacart Loophole’: Council Seeks To Expand Minimum Wage to Grocery Deliveristas
City pols want to close a loophole that is allowing grocery delivery app companies like Instacart to get around paying their workers the deliverista minimum.
DOT E-Bike Charging Pilot is a Success as City Plans More
"The goal should be to increase e-bike usage and to make sure battery charging and storage is done outside of dangerous areas," one charging advocate said.
The Instacart Loophole: Workers Are Not Covered By Minimum Wage
Recently arrived immigrants from Africa are turning to Instacart with few other options for work.
Reining in Deliverista Distances is the Key to Safety
A mileage fee on food deliveries can serve workers as well as the society of which they’re a part. What are we waiting for?
