The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
TGIF — and welcome to today’s newsletter. Gersh is out for the next week+ so You’re stuck with me writing the newsletter for the time being. Let’s get into today’s stories:
Today’s big news is that the City Council has come to its senses and will NOT call on state legislators to pass an e-bike licensing bill like what exists in New Jersey. Garden State cyclists are having issues amid that rollout, and advocates say that the registration regime, which focuses on low speed e-bikes, has unclear safety benefits.
Of course, that could all change after the broad September 30 mega-hearing that will take up more than a dozen pending bills.
“Let’s just see what happens at the hearing first,” Council Member Gale Brewer told Streetsblog.
In other news: We have two videos for your eyeballs to enjoy this morning. Check them both out at the links below.
President Trump sort of inadvertently made an argument for banning horse carriages from Central Park on Thursday when he critiicized the City Council’s 40-7-2 vote to end the Central Park horse carriage industry with an ill-conceived analogy to cars.
The city’s much-anticipated program to require speed-limiting devices inside the cars of repeatedly reckless drivers will launch next year, though questions remain.