A Canadian commentator critiques New York Council Member Bob Holden's bill to register all motorized mobility devices, suggesting it reflects misguided priorities around road safety. The host, Nic Laporte, emphasizes that the push for e-bike registration lacks empirical support, showcasing the absence of evidence linking registration to safer roadways. Instead, he argues, it distracts from addressing the actual causes of unsafe streets and represents a broader trend of prioritizing feelings over factual data in transportation policy debates.
This bill in New York is a ham-fisted attempt to push back on the current active transportation movement that is literally feelings over facts and does not aim to address the root causes of unsafe streets, he argues.
It's a must-watch video for the 'common sense' crowd that feels that e-bike registration would make roadways safer because it shows that there's no evidence of that and, in fact, evidence of the opposite.
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