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Delivery Workers Are the Safest Cyclists On the Road, Study Finds

A new study from sociology researchers at Hunter College embraces e-bikes.

January 29, 2026

City Playing Catch-Up Amid E-Micromobility Surge on City Streets, Coalition Says

Local micromobility start-ups want Mayor Mamdani to take their industry seriously and make it easier to ride an e-bike in NYC.

January 15, 2026

Opinion: Worried About E-Bike Safety? Make the Roads Safer First

Opponents co-opted the outdoor dining regulatory process. Advocates must address e-bike safety concerns — for the sake of all vulnerable street users — or risk the same fate.

September 26, 2024

Microtranist Is Taxpayer Funded Uber, Advocates Warn — And It’s a Threat to Real Transit

American cities are falling for the "false promise" of microtransit, a top transportation union argues — and we're all going to be the ones who pay for it.

May 20, 2024

OPINION: E-Bike Licensing Would Harm Workers — and Absolve App Companies

New York politicians want to force delivery workers to shoulder the burden of e-bike regulation rather than regulating the app companies, says Los Deliveristas Unidos leader Gustavo Ajche.

April 1, 2024

Astoria Organizers Lead the Way on Street Safety with a Reddit Strategy

The western Queens neighborhood has become a hub for a new kind of safe street advocacy.

October 3, 2023

Study: How Low-Income People Really Use Micromobility

Shared bikes and scooters are meeting low-income people's basic mobility needs — but they're not being subsidized like it.

September 22, 2023

City to Expand Scooter Share to Eastern Queens

All three of the scooter-share companies that have been providing service in The Bronx since 2021 will be part of a massive expansion of the program into transit-deprived areas of eastern Queens, the Department of Transportation announced on Thursday.

June 15, 2023