Charlie’s News: NYC sets a 15mph limit on ebikes, a new Seattle bike lane also works for trucks, ultralight emergency response cargo bikes, and the impact of tariffs on the bike industry (3:00).
A No Drive Halloween campaign (4:26).
Ontario, Canada Premier Doug Ford is trying to ban speed cameras and bike lanes in an all out war on safety and active transportation- but there’s active resistance from Dr. Carrie Mitchell, an associate professor at the University of Waterloo who started a petition calling for the speed camera ban to be reversed (5:08).
The classifications of ebikes in New York City is confusing, and riders are paying the cost. Nick talks with Sophia Lebowitz about her article in Streetsblog NYC – “The ‘Problem’ With E-Bikes? The Super Fast Illegal Ones” (13:20).
A brief on the legal implications of misleading ebike categories with James Pocrass, Personal Injury attorney (26:46).
NYC Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is questioned on ticketing ebike riders in a debate with opponents Cuomo and Sliwa, who want more ticketing, but Mamdani’d rather look at incentives to speed from food delivery app companies like DoorDash and Grubhub (32:04).
Planning Taylor’s bike tour, Part 2: logistics and planning. With Josh Bowden, Experiences Operations Specialist of Adventure Cycling (34:03).
