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It happens to everyone.
You're coming out of the grocery store or the bodega, balancing the bags or the kids or the dog (or all three), when all of a sudden an e-bike swerves up onto the sidewalk and nearly knocks you over.
Talk to any New Yorker – including parents who are pushing strollers, seniors with mobility issues, and people with disabilities – and you’ll hear real anxiety about e-bikes and mopeds. New Yorkers should not have to feel on edge every time they leave their apartment.
That’s why I was proud to announce my office's new policy report, “Street Safety in the Era of Micromobility” [[link removed]] yesterday.
NEW MICROMOBILITY PLAN [[link removed]]
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Comptroller Brad Lander holds a press conference to announce new micro mobility report.
Our new report [[link removed]] lays out a strategic plan to create more predictability on city streets and ensure that micro mobility vehicles – that’s mopeds, e-bikes, and e-scooters – operate safely and legally.
You can read all of our recommendations here [[link removed]] , and watch our full announcement here [[link removed]] , but some of the key parts of our plan include:
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Cut
off
the
supply
of
unsafe,
illegal
devices
in
New
York
City
and
beyond.
Preventing
consumers
from
purchasing
and
using
e-bikes
and
mopeds
illegally
requires
upstream
interventions
and
collaboration
between
local,
state,
and
federal
government
agencies.


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Create
a
City-administered
licensing
program
that
regulates
app-based
delivery
companies
and
holds
them
accountable
for
the
labor
and
street
safety
impacts
of
their
business
model.
Improving
street
safety
outcomes
requires
holding
app-based
delivery
companies
accountable.


*
Invest
in
high-quality
infrastructure
and
street
design
solutions
to
support
the
safe
integration
of
micro
mobility
into
New
York
City
streets.
Thoughtfully
implemented
infrastructure
and
transportation
design
can
simultaneously
improve
safety
while
addressing
quality
of
life
issues
around
e-bikes,
mopeds,
and
micro
mobility.
I was grateful to announce the findings of the report [[link removed]] yesterday in Astor Place – alongside a broad and beautiful coalition, including advocates for people with disabilities, advocates for older adults, the Workers Justice Project, and Deliveristas.
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Advocates, Deliveristas, and organizers joined Comptroller Lander at the press conference.
As you can read in our report [[link removed]] , micro - mobility vehicles account for a relatively small share of pedestrian deaths and injuries – but those numbers have grown significantly since 2020. The report takes a data driven look at the problem and then uses that information to advocate for practical, strategic, upstream solutions.
The Adams Administration, unfortunately, has taken an extremely downstream approach to this problem. Seizing some illegal vehicles may make the Mayor feel good when he rides a tractor over them. But it doesn’t make anyone safer.
We believe there’s a better way forward. The comprehensive approach outlined in our report [[link removed]] offers serious steps forward for managing micro mobility. Such an approach balances the climate and convenience advantages these devices offer with the safety and livability problems they raise – for their riders and everyone else on the road.
We can make sure that all New Yorkers feel safe and comfortable regardless of what mode of transportation they use.
Thanks,
Brad
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Office of the New York City Comptroller
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