Mamdani Wins: What The New Mayor Means For E-Bikes in NYC

A large portion of the debate about street safety and electric bikes in New York City revolves around deliveristas, or food delivery workers who travel by e-Bike. Mamdani has talked about plans to increase street safety by holding delivery app companies accountable for pressuring deliveristas into unsafe riding behavior via too-fast delivery times. 

Instead of criminalizing speed limit infractions for e-Bikers, Mamdani said, “I would actually build on the City Council's progress in holding the apps accountable, like DoorDash and GrubHub, to ensure that there weren't incentives for breaking those street traffic laws. I do not think police should be the ones dealing with the failures of these app companies.”

To power NYC’s cycling and electric bike boom, the city needed a new mayor, and it got one— and all signs point to Zohran Mamdani being quite bike-friendly. And from our UpCenter in East Williamsburg, the Upway team will be right in the thick of it, fighting for safer streets and better cycling across New York City.

For more in-depth coverage of Mamdani’s transportation plans, visit Streetsblog NYC. 
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