"A lot of what we can do at DOT is ... is focusing on designing our streets, designing our infrastructure, to make it easier for delivery workers to make safe choices, to operate safely, to reduce conflicts between them and other users, whether that's basically wider bike lanes that can accommodate a wider range of users,"
"And then of course there's the regulatory side that's more about how can we not incentivize these workers to feel that they have to go really fast or make as many deliveries as they can in a shift, and that's more around how we regulate the app companies."
"streets that are the envy of the world"
Mike Flynn emphasized designing streets and infrastructure to make it easier and safer for delivery workers and e-bike riders, recommending wider bike lanes to reduce user conflicts. He urged regulatory action to avoid incentivizing workers to speed or maximize deliveries, focusing on regulating app companies rather than blaming riders. State lawmakers pursued New Jersey-style e-bike crackdowns and demonstrated misunderstandings about e-bikes. Governor Hochul showed a flawed understanding of what it means to be hit by a car driver. Other items included free-bus examples from a county, greenway developments, turnstile issues, concerns about Hochul's ties to powerful interests, and coverage of cyclist Xi Zheng's death and media victim-blaming.
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