{"id":9476,"date":"2020-01-27T21:36:26","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T21:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/?p=9476"},"modified":"2020-01-27T21:36:26","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T21:36:26","slug":"new-legislation-announced-in-new-york-for-sustainable-transport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/new-legislation-announced-in-new-york-for-sustainable-transport\/","title":{"rendered":"New legislation announced in New York for sustainable transport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New safety rules are being proposed for motorised bicycles, e-bikes and scooters in New York to keep riders, pedestrians and motorists safe.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the legislation which addresses the concern that e-bike and scooter users, primarily delivery drivers, have been subject to unfair restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need an alternative to automobiles driving in New York City &#8211; the volume is paralyzing, the cost is prohibitive and it is environmentally destructive,\u201d said Governor Cuomo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew transportation technologies like e-bikes and e-scooters pose exciting potential as a sustainable alternative to vehicles, but we need clear laws and regulations that put the safety of riders and pedestrians first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The legislation includes statewide provisions for traffic and operating requirements for e-bikes and scooters, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Setting a maximum speed limit of 20 miles per hour on Class 1 and Class 2 e-bikes and 25 miles per hour on Class 3 e-bikes<\/li>\n<li>A maximum speed limit of 15 miles per hour on scooters<\/li>\n<li>Prohibiting e-bike and scooter use on sidewalks<\/li>\n<li>Requiring e-bike and scooter users to be 16 years of age or older<\/li>\n<li>Mandating all Class 3 e-bike riders to wear helmets<\/li>\n<li>Mandating all e-scooter riders under 18 to wear helmets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The legislation will also allow localities to create further regulations, including setting a maximum speed that is lower than the statewide requirement, setting clothing requirements for riding in dark hours, and opting out entirely of allowing e-bikes and scooters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New safety rules are being proposed for motorised bicycles, e-bikes and scooters in New York to keep riders, pedestrians and motorists safe. Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the legislation which addresses the concern that e-bike and scooter users, primarily delivery drivers, have been subject to unfair restrictions. \u201cWe need an alternative to automobiles driving in New [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":9477,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}