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New York considering 20+ new e-bike laws including outlawing Class 3 electric bikes (electrek.co)
submitted 1 week ago by [M] to c/electricvehicles@slrpnk.net
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[–] 23 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I got an e bike for my long commute (~25 miles each way and some tough grade) and could only find class 3s with the range and power I was looking for. It's heavy as shit and I've only gotten it above 20 mph on some long downhills and never go above 8mph on sidewalks.

I get the need for regulation, but It'd suck if my commuter gets banned and I have to go back to car commuting full time. Couldn't we just get more dedicated bike trails/lanes? Or programs where I can trade in for a class 2 with good range and power that may come out?

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  • [–] 9 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Forcing people into cars is what they want.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago

    I highly doubt that considering they have fully implemented congestion pricing (which is effectively a penalty for using a car) in Manhattan. As far as my understanding is, there is no exclusion for people who live in the area. So they are simultaneously penalizing owning a car if you live within the bounds of the congestion pricing area.

    They want to force people to use mass transit, which is more efficient by far than any personal vehicles. Even if bikes are better than cars, I doubt they want traffic in NYC to start looking like Santo Domingo where everything is a sea of motorbikes interspersed with cars

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