New York City Weighs E-Bike Licenses Amid Safety Concerns

On most days, crossing Broadway on foot near New York City’s Herald Square requires a keen sense of one’s surroundings. In addition to avoiding yellow cabs and other vehicular traffic, pedestrians must negotiate a high-speed parade of bikeshare riders, delivery workers on e-bikes, and cargo bikes hauling trailers of goods in both directions.

New York City’s streets are a window into a fast-expanding universe of micromobility. The sheer number and diversity of vehicles on the road — bikes, scooters, mopeds, electric unicycles, e-bikes, along with traditional cars, trucks and buses — can make for a dizzying experience. The explosive growth of e-scooters and e-bikes has also led ...