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Efforts to protect pedestrians from micro-mobility users and regulate e-bike delivery workers
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Commissioner Rodriguez outlines DOT's strategies to address safety concerns related to micro-mobility users, particularly e-bike delivery workers, and protect pedestrians.
- DOT is working on legislation to increase accountability for food delivery app companies
- Education campaigns target e-bike users, emphasizing sidewalk riding is illegal for adults
- A 'Get Smart Before You Start' campaign aims to improve e-bike safety
- DOT recognizes the need to balance the concerns of pedestrians with the essential work of delivery workers
Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
3:29:17
Thank you.
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DOT has implemented a number of tools to address vehicular safety, but what steps has the agency taken to ensure and protect pedestrians and motorists from micro mobility users?
Ydanis Rodriguez
3:29:35
I hope again that, the language that was sent by mayor Eric Adams to the council, it it will take us to put together a potential bill that will allow for us to bring more accountability to those food app company.
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Everyone should know that most of those first of all, 8484% of New Yorker, they're placing order once a week.
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And 23% of New Yorkers, they're placing order four times a week.
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So the consumers, we put a lot of pressures on those men and women, essential workers that deliver to our apartment.
3:30:13
When it comes yes to food, those are those delivery workers, essential workers.
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So what we want is, again, working with you, chair, and the rest of the members that we can work around the language sent by by mayor Adams and his team and be able to work around the bill that will make the food company more comfortable on how they also can do their part to educate those e bike delivery workers to also be safe.
3:30:41
But to all e bike riders, we want for them to know the message.
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It is not legal in New York City to ride a bike in the sidewalk unless it's a child.
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And especially e bike.
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We also saw that in 2023, from the 27 cyclists that we lose, There were seven of them that they were not hit by any vehicle.
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And we saw patterns about those using e bike and hitting a wall on falling by themselves.
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So we started a social media campaign.
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One educating those using e bike, not only delivery workers for them to be smarter.
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And with a campaign called Get Smart Before You Start.
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So that they learn more how to maneuver the e bike.
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And at the same time, the same point card, we also put in the box a the message to those who are using e bike knowing that they also are responsible to protect pedestrians and especially our children and our senior citizen.
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Today, and as we go with the mayor to any town hall meeting, and and as you see in your district, or New Yorkers, it doesn't matter the socioeconomic and any composition, they ask a question about how we can make those who use e bike accountable.
3:31:53
This is priority for this administration and we're working to address.