NYC Council Introduction 1145

intro.nyc/1145-2024 2024-2025 Legislative Session
Requiring that electric bicycles and electric scooters that are part of share systems have speedometers and limit electric speed assistance to new riders.
Status: Committee Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Sponsored by Gale A. Brewer
Introduced: December 19, 2024

This bill would require that e-bikes and e-scooters that are part of self-service share systems have functioning speedometers. In addition, it would require that, when used by new riders, the electric speed assistance on the e-bike or e-scooter would cease to function when the device reaches a speed of 10 miles per hour.