Bicycling
Streetsblog Basics
City E-Bike Swap Program Uses Bikes from Fly, a Company With Safety Violations
A Streetsblog investigation found Fly, a popular e-bike and moped vendor, has consistently skirted city regulations, but now the company is at the heart of the city's first e-bike trade-in program.
February 13, 2025
How an Ex-Delivery Worker Upended NYC’s Streets
Ou Zhou, a former delivery worker who founded Fly E-Bike, has hit it big selling fast, low-cost electric bikes and mopeds to delivery workers, transforming New York City streets in the process. But with concerns growing about fires from lithium-ion batteries and more scrutiny on the way, can his electric empire survive? Co-published today with Curbed.
January 31, 2025
Q&A: Whizz CEO Has Lessons For E-Bike Regulation
Company CEO Mike Peregudov sits down with Streetsblog to talk about his industry and why putting license plates on e-bikes is a non-starter.
January 30, 2025
Apply Yourself: Tiny Number of Delivery Workers Will Get Safe E-Bikes in City Program
Delivery workers can now apply to trade in their uncertified or illegal e-bikes and mopeds for a brand new street-legal bike from the city.
January 28, 2025
OPINION: Slow Down on Our Bike Paths!
Our bike lanes have become what social critic Ivan Illich once defined as degraded public space. Here's one possible fix.
January 24, 2025
Streetsblog on the Road: Bike Share in Shanghai
The Chinese mega-city provides an example of great urban mobility, albeit with a side of authoritarianism.
January 23, 2025
Hochul’s ‘Heavy’ E-Bike Proposal is Light on Potential: Critics
Very few class 3 electric bikes reach 100 pounds. And they look a lot like class 2 e-bikes.
January 15, 2025
Upper East Side Backs Central Park Transverse Plan Despite Anti-E-Bike Hysteria
Even the Upper East Side can get behind these modest changes for Central Park's cyclists and pedestrians.
January 10, 2025
City Expands Safe E-Bike Charging Initiative
The DOT will begin allowing landlords and tenants to apply to install e-bike battery charging cabinets on the sidewalk.
January 3, 2025
New Camera Tech Hopes to Stop Drivers From Close-Passing Cyclists
If only policymakers could fully experience the pervasive problem of drivers passing too closely to cyclists perhaps they'd find a way to stop the deadly practice and get victims justice.
December 16, 2024
