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The strange logic behind NYC’s push to force license plates on electric bicycles

Get ready, New Yorkers. A new bill could soon extend the same car license plate and registration requirements to e-bikes...

With cars causing over 10x the fatalities and significantly higher than 10x the serious injuries to pedestrians, targeting e-bikes in this context is a bit like standing in the middle of a rainstorm and remarking about the high humidity. With orders of magnitude more injuries and deaths caused by larger vehicles, the strange focus on relatively safer, lighter forms of alternative transportation like bicycles seems at best, misguided, and at worst, calculated. Now these individuals, as well as e-bike riders from all backgrounds, may have to contend with further restrictions to this efficient, lower-cost transportation alternative that has proven to be safer for all road users, not just those tucked away inside SUVs.

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