#illegal-e-bikes

#illegal-e-bikes

That death was horrible. And it will take greater enforcement and education by the city to make sure something like that never happens again. We're no friends to such devices - indeed, we think all vehicles on city streets should be capped at 20 miles per hour. But Lebowitz's deep dive on the threat of illegal motorbikes is a reminder that for all the fears that fast-moving two-wheeled vehicles stoke, the real menace remains cars.

At its worst - like in last week's horrific fatal crash on Flushing Avenue - pedestrians and cyclists are injured or killed. Setting aside that car drivers cause virtually all the injuries and deaths on our streets, every time there is rare crash involving an illegal e-bike, naysayers capitalize by conflating them with safe, legal e-bikes to further an anti-bike agenda. And Mayor Adams has added to the confusion, launching a criminal crackdown on legal e-bikes that has ensnared all kinds of cyclists,