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Dept. of Investigation Tells NYCHA: Protect Tenants, But Don’t Ban E-Bikes
"Electric/battery-powered transportation pose[s] a significant risk of fire when stored or charged in enclosed spaces," the agency said in a report, but did not call for a ban.
March 31, 2023
State Pols Call on DOTs to Counter E-Bike ‘Demonization’
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.
March 10, 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
Opinion: Council Needs to Make Battery Package Better
Preventing battery fires is supporting delivery workers. Ensuring all e-bike batteries are safe is supporting delivery workers. We can have both: A city free of dangerous fires and a city that supports its delivery workers. We want legislation that puts safe batteries in the hands of the delivery workers who rely on them.
March 2, 2023
First-in-the-Nation Charging Hubs for Delivery Workers Coming Soon to Abandoned Newsstands
October 3, 2022
