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Delivery Workers Implore DOT For Sensible E-Bike Rules
A draft city rule would only sanction e-bikes "equipped at manufacture" with pedal-assist. Advocates say that's too narrow and would impose too high a cost on delivery workers.
May 29, 2018
It’s Spring! Time for NYPD to Punish People for Riding Bikes
The number of fatalities caused by New York City cyclists is practically zero. Yet every spring, cops camp out near bike lanes and poorly designed intersections to tag people for rolling through red lights and wearing earbuds.
May 22, 2018
Delivery Workers Say de Blasio’s Proposed E-Bike Rules Won’t Help Them
The de Blasio administration wants to clarify language permitting pedal-assist e-bikes, which most delivery workers don't use.
May 14, 2018
Monday: Rally With Delivery Workers for Sensible E-Bike Policies From City Hall
The city's proposed rule changes legalizing pedal-assist electric bikes on city streets won't protect delivery workers from fines and seizures.
May 11, 2018
Council Reps to de Blasio: Stop the E-Bike Crackdown and Talk to Workers About New Rules
Advocates say City Hall’s attempt to clarify e-bike regulations won’t help most delivery workers, who were not consulted on the proposed rule change.
May 1, 2018
NYPD: No Charges for Driver Who Fatally Doored Delivery Cyclist Juan Pacheco
Dooring is illegal, and has caused at least five cyclist fatalities since 2012. But NYPD isn't ticketing drivers who do it.
April 27, 2018
De Blasio Moves to Permit Pedal-Assist Electric Bikes on NYC Streets
Advocates welcomed the announcement while pointing out that more needs to be done to prevent harassment of deliver workers by police.
April 3, 2018
Want to Know How Often That Driver Gets Caught Speeding? Ask @HowsMyDrivingNY.
The Twitter bot lets anyone look up the parking, speeding, and red light violations associated with a specific license plate.
March 26, 2018
NYPD Could Have Taken Dorothy Bruns Off the Road Before She Killed 2 Kids, If Cops and DAs Cared About Traffic Violence
Months before she killed Abigail Blumenstein and Joshua Lew, NYPD says Dorothy Bruns injured a woman in Long Island City and fled the scene. Police did nothing about it.
March 23, 2018
Will NYC’s New Alert System Improve NYPD’s Abysmal Hit-and-Run Arrest Rate?
To help NYPD catch hit-and-run drivers, this weekend the city will launch an Amber Alert-style system to notify the public when a serious crash happens. Most drivers who critically injure or kill people and leave the scene in NYC are never arrested.
March 16, 2018
