Today is a big day for the future of e-bikes in New York City. A hearing starts at 10 a.m. You can file a written comment until 5 p.m. You can also send an email to rules@dot.nyc.gov until 5 p.m

    • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
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      8 hours ago

      I like being alive and not being rammed by a 200kg combination of e-bike + human at speeds higher than 25kmh while riding my bike to work.

      • outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        7 hours ago

        I like not being rammed by 2-10 tons of steel and lithium while i cross the street. Yeah. Lets limit cars to 15mph.

        If you don’t do that, but do limit ebikes, you’re just an auto industry shill.

        • cazssiew@lemmy.world
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          6 hours ago

          And you’re a troll, this isn’t a zero sum game, making bikes safe matters, you complete weirdo.

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                  6 hours ago

                  “drat my bike won’t go at unreasonable speeds, my only solution must be abandoning my still perfectly functional bike and laying down several grand on the single least practical means of transportation in the city. What’s a MetroCard?”

                  Shut. Up.

                  • outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                    6 hours ago

                    Okay but do people do that at all? Like, get around with cars on the street? I haven’t been to ny in a few years but it feels like they do.