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Law of unintended consequences: make it tougher for e-bikes, get more deliveristas on mopeds
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2023/07/27/e-bike-gas-mopeds-delivery-workers
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More Deliveristas Are Turning to Gas-Powered Mopeds: ‘I Don’t Have a Place to Charge the Electric Bike’ - Streetsblog New York City

Workers say that longer delivery distances are also prompting the switch.

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Pedro Jul 27, 2023

@gwagner @streetsblognyc I was wondering why I was seeing more gas ones.

This is bad, that means we're regressing. NYC, unlike Amsterdam, only got mopeds recently so they were all electric. By going back to gas we're going back.