Overview
- New rules now cap e-bikes, e-scooters, and pedal‑assist delivery bikes at 15 mph across all five boroughs.
- Officials and experts question how NYPD will enforce the cap for privately owned devices that can’t be centrally speed‑limited or easily identified, warning of profiling risks and mixed‑speed conflicts.
- DoorDash voiced support for the 15 mph policy but did not commit to adjusting delivery timing or algorithms, and the company backs a push to ban Class 3 e‑bikes.
- Worker advocates with Los Deliveristas Unidos and the Worker’s Justice Project say the policy criminalizes riders while apps still incentivize speed, renewing calls for deactivation protections like Intro 1332.
- Council Member Robert Holden is pressing for license plates to enable accountability, and mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani would keep the 15 mph cap for Citi Bike while urging greater app accountability.