Slow government is enabling speedy mopeds in NYC neighborhoods
One reason New Yorkers are seeing and complaining about more mopeds zooming down city streets is that governmental sluggishness is making the moped’s slower, greener cousin — the e-bike — easier and safer to use, according to delivery workers and experts.
“Deliveristas have to charge their batteries a lot throughout the day, and if there’s nowhere for them to safely charge them … it makes sense for them to get a gas-powered moped,” said Sara Lind, co-executive director of the nonprofit Open Plans, which advocates for safer streets. “Whereas if we were helping them with charging stations and battery swap, they could very easily do their very long days on e-bikes.
The city has yet to set up a program created by local lawmakers last September that's meant to swap fire-prone batteries for safe ones. A promised government office called the Department of Sustainable Delivery also hasn't opened. A spokesperson for Adams didn’t answer questions about the delays.
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