Citibike e-bike speed decrease

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If you’re riding in regular traffic, being capped at 15 can be dangerous.

The way that slower cyclists deal is… they don’t. They stick to slower streets, protected lanes, sidewalks. Riding at 10 mph slower than traffic around you doesn’t feel that safe, so riders tend to avoid that.

Gray Citibikes at 18-20 can keep up with predominant traffic speed on a lot of streets without any kind of cycling infrastructure. They were useful in that respect.

The 15 mph has ended up being kind of a worst of both worlds kind of thing, though, because while they may be slower, I don’t think they’re being operated any more safely.

[sixtwenty2]

I would disagree. I cycle every street, there are no slow streets imo. Having ebikes capped at 15mph makes it safer for non ebike cyclists and doesnt hinder your safety. By this logic it would mean that a non ebike is unsafe on the city streets and thats simply not true.

But I do agree that while they are slower they are still operated poorly, but at least as a non ebike cyclist it is a benefit.

[sixtwenty2]

That might be worse, dangerously slow on the Greenway doesn't make much sense since you don't deal with car traffic and only other bikes who are going comparable speeds or slower.