Current proposal for the W. 72 Street bike lane, including a protected two-way bike path and one lane of car traffic in each direction. ( Photo: nyc.gov) Judge Temporarily Blocks Move to Add Bike Lanes to West 72nd Street A New York State judge has temporarily blocked a controversial plan to build two new bike lanes on West 72nd St. as part... News 20 Jul 2026 | 05:23
A 46-year-old runner was struck down in a tragic e-bike accident July 7. The woman identified as Jean (pictured) was paced in a medically induced coma. The accident triggered renewed calls to ban e-bikes in Central Park. ( Credit: GoFundMe) Woman in Coma After Being Struck by E-Bike in Central Park; Renews Calls for Ban A recent accident in Central Park, in which a 46-year-old runner was struck down by an e-bike, is the latest in a series... News 19 Jul 2026 | 09:16
Attorney Jim Walden, chairman of NYC Common Sense, announces a lawsuit challenging Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s e-bike enforcement policy outside City Hall on June 25. ( Photo: Zelda Nguyen ) E-bike Crash Victims Sue Mamdani Over Enforcement Policy Around 30 people, many of them older New Yorkers, stood outside City Hall on the morning of June 25 under the blazing sun,... News 25 Jun 2026 | 08:39
Protesters gather outside Transportation Alternatives’ annual fundraiser to call for stricter regulation of e-bikes and other micromobility devices. ( Photo: Martina Dimitrova) “I Could Have Been Dead:” E-Bike Critics Rally in Midtown ”I’m happy I’m talking to you, because I could have been dead.” Standing outside the New-York Historical Society on Monday... News 05 Jun 2026 | 07:34
Janet Schroeder, who leads the Electric Vehicle Safety Alliance, rallied outside City Hall on April 16 for the passage of Priscilla’s Law. It would force the registration of e-bikes and other e-vehicles. ( Photo: Jack Ahern ) Group Rallies at City Hall for Registration of E-Bikes A group of about 100 people gathered outside City Hall in Lower Manhattan on April 16 to advocate for the passage of Priscilla’s... News 20 Apr 2026 | 05:17
New Yorkers overwhelmingly criticized a proposed 15mph speed limit on e-bikes and e-scooters at the first public hearing on the proposal, arguing it is unenforceable and distracts from deeper issues such as bike-lane infrastructure, accountability, and meaningful safety reform. ( Photo: NYC DOT) DOT’s Proposed 15MPH Speed Cap for E-Bikes Won’t Work, Say Many Critics New Yorkers weighed in on a new proposed rule pushed by the Adams administration that would cap the speed of e-bikes and... News 28 Jul 2025 | 04:16
Biker handcuffed and arrested in Central Park back in May, right after the NYPD started cracking down on cyclists. Police had no info on what prompted the handcuffing, although some posters on a subreddit site where the photo appeared said the biker was later uncuffed. ( Photo: r/NYCbike) NYPD Issued Nearly 6,000 Criminal Summonses to Bikers in Qtr–but Most Get Dismissed The number of criminal summonses handed out to bikers in the latest quarter of 2025 has surged by 10 times the number handed... News 25 Jul 2025 | 05:12
Awning sign at 4149 Broadway in northern Manhattan advertises: “We Speed Up Bike.” ( Photo: Brian Berger) Don’t Hold Your Breath on 15 MPH Speed Limit for E-Bikes There are still shops in Manhattan advertising that they will alter e-bikes to go faster. And while Mayor Eric Adams recently... News 19 Jun 2025 | 05:43
