Q&A
Debate on potential discriminatory aspects of e-bike licensing
1:36:32
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Council Member Brooks-Powers and DOT officials discuss potential discrimination in e-bike licensing requirements. Key points include:
- Commissioner Rodriguez expresses concern about discriminatory aspects if licensing targets only certain groups, such as delivery workers
- DOT supports the intent of improving safety but does not support the current form of the bill
- The discussion highlights the challenge of creating fair and equitable regulations for e-bike users
- DOT emphasizes the need to avoid targeting specific groups of e-bike users
Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
1:36:32
To that point, commissioner, is there a world where you envision that there's a group of riders that should not necessarily be registered versus another group?
Ydanis Rodriguez
1:36:47
I believe that there is a discriminatory part.
1:36:50
If we are thinking about we are looking for creating a license for anyone who use ebike, And then just thinking about, in this case, the delivery workers, but then not thinking about anybody else who use ebike.
1:37:03
Then it's targeting that particular group.
1:37:06
And as I but as I said before, we don't support we support the intent.
1:37:09
We don't support the bill.
