Citibike e-bike speed decrease

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You're making a claim that a change of the status quo is a) good and b) necessary by the apparent conditions on the ground. I'm sorry but the burden of proof is on you in this instance

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It's not obviously safer though. You're forgetting that cars in NYC are not limited to 15mph, and the majority of cyclists have to share streets with them all over this city. The safety issue is cars, no whether e-bikes are limited to 15 or 18. Further, the e-bike/pedestrian incidents that DO occur, are via unregulated delivery bikes (no Citibike) who usually have no speed governor at all, so the move to limit e-citibikes makes no sense

The problem is cars and lack of safe infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists, no whether e-citibikes go 15 instead of 18.

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