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Data Dive: More Delivery Workers are Registering Their Mopeds 

“If you have plates, [the police] won’t summons you,” Junior Pichardo told Streetsblog the other day on Flatbush Avenue. “They won’t bother you.” 

February 21, 2024

Pay Up: TransAlt Wants Delivery Apps to Stem ‘Chaos’ on the Streets

"There are knee-jerk responses that don't work and then there are responses that look system-wide," said Danny Harris, the group's executive director.

February 16, 2024

Wednesday’s Headlines: Moped Regulation Incoming Edition

State legislators in Albany announced a set of bills intended to rein in the crisis of illegal mopeds on city streets. Plus more news.

January 31, 2024

Upper West Side Panel Backs Resolution to Rein in Dangerous Mopeds

Transportation committee members want the Department of Motor Vehicles, the city and the state to take a more active role against unregistered mopeds.

December 14, 2023

Meet the E-Bike Using New Yorkers — Normal People Who Want Politicians to Stop Demonizing Them

One has bad knees and needs help to get around. Another has kids who have to get to soccer. And another buys groceries in one big trip. They're e-bike users — and they oppose a controversial City Council bill that would require license plates and registration.

November 9, 2023

State Lawmaker Seeks to Close Moped-Registration Loophole

New legislation in Albany seeks to eliminate — in one fell swoop — the use of illegal mopeds by requiring sellers of the devices to register them with the DMV before buyers could take them out of the shop.

October 23, 2023

Opinion: Holden’s E-Bike License Proposal Misses the Mark on Pedestrian Safety

A bill backed by a majority of City Council members would create a bureaucratic nightmare and discourage e-bike use while ignoring the root of the problem: lackluster infrastructure and unsafe work standards.

October 11, 2023

NYPD Steps Up Effort Against Illegal Mopeds, But Some Advocates Want a Different Approach

The NYPD seized some illegal wheels from delivery workers in the middle of their route on Wednesday, part of a stepped-up effort.

October 4, 2023

Enforcement of Illegal Batteries — and, Apparently, Mopeds — Starts on Saturday

The city says it will send out inspectors this weekend to begin enforcement of a new law prohibiting the sale of uncertified lithium-ion power cells.

September 15, 2023