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2 days ago

Tuesday's Headlines: Carnage All Over Edition - Streetsblog New York City

Illegal motorized devices marketed as "e-bikes" are often illegal motorcycles and pose deadly risks; cars remain the leading cause of road deaths.
fromStreetsblog
2 days ago

The 'Problem' With E-Bikes? The Super Fast Illegal Ones - Streetsblog New York City

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,
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