• surewhynotlem@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27·
    6 months ago

    The problem in New York is that the e-bike riders are not replacing car riders. They’re just pedestrians who want to go faster.

    This isn’t a win.

    When we start seeing e-bikes go through the tunnel as a replacement for cars, that would be a win.

    • GreatTitEnthusiast@mander.xyzEnglish
      14·
      6 months ago

      From the article it sounds like a lot of the complaints are any delivery gig workers, not pedestrians. The gig workers are incentivized to go fast and bike recklessly in a way that pedestrians aren’t

      Some of the proposals the safety conscious people are suggesting, though, feel a bit harsh to me. I don’t want to have to get a licence for a bike that assists me when going up hill. On the other hand, if people are treating these like electric motorcycles then vehicle lisencing makes more sense to me

      As for the article, I felt like it was balanced in a way the headline is not

    • reev@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      9·
      6 months ago

      Are car drivers not just pedestrians that want to go faster? Each pedestrian that wants to go faster and chooses an E-Bike instead of a car is a win to me.

    • stoly@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      6 months ago

      I don’t see the problem. People can go faster without polluting. That’s a good thing. You can get a lot more people on the road safely this way.