PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Scott Weinstein on Intro 606 and E-bike Safety
8:11:43
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Scott Weinstein, a resident of Crown Heights, testified against Intro 606, arguing that while he understands the motivation for the bill as a vulnerable road user, he believes it will be counterproductive to increasing road safety and throughput. He emphasized the city's current inability to enforce existing laws and suggested alternative solutions for improving road safety.
- Weinstein highlighted existing dangers for cyclists and e-bike users, including blocked bike lanes and poor visibility at intersections.
- He proposed alternatives to Intro 606, such as investing in durable GPS tracking for all vehicles and daylighting intersections for better visibility.
- Weinstein suggested that the resources required to implement Intro 606 could be better used for more effective safety measures.
Scott Weinstein
8:11:43
I thank thank you, committee members, for the opportunity to share the share this testimony.
8:11:48
My name is Scott Weinstein.
8:11:49
I live in Crown Heights with my family.
8:11:51
I get around the city primarily by bicycle, public transportation, and e scooter.
8:11:56
As time and age does its worst, I will surely also adopt an e bike like my father and many others have because it's an extremely time, cost, and space effective way to move about the city.
8:12:08
As a vulnerable road user, I understand and empathize with the motivation for this bill.
8:12:14
On any given trip, we must navigate multiple dangers, bike lanes blocked by cars and trucks, poor lines of sight and intersections, sidewalk access blocked by cars, sidewalks blocked by, sorry, by cars parked on them, and oversized trucks whose mass and limited driver visibility make them much more lethal to those outside of them.
8:12:35
With that said, I urge the committee to modify or vote against intro 606 as it will be counterproductive to increasing road safety and road throughput.
8:12:44
The city is unwilling or unable to enforce the laws we already have.
8:12:49
This is not only my assertion.
8:12:51
The city of New York Department of Investigation's report on parking placards details one such example of non enforcement.
8:12:59
This proposal doesn't address road safety directly.
8:13:02
It only adds expensive licensing requirements for theoretical accountability via a likely trivial, mutilated, or masked ID plate.
8:13:11
If we do go with a plate, let's also invest in durability, GPS tracking for all vehicles, not just e bikes, but all vehicles for instantaneous speed enforcement, increase the penalties for mutilating or obscuring the ID system, and perhaps move this program to the state with its existing infrastructure, to run it.
8:13:34
The cost and effort to implement 606 could be put towards other solutions, which could have a positive impact on safety, throughput, and latency.
8:13:42
Some ideas, daylighting intersections so that all users have visibility to prevent collisions.
UNKNOWN
8:13:48
Thank you.
8:13:48
Your time's expired.
Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
8:13:49
Thank you.
Scott Weinstein
8:13:50
Thank you for your time.
