Also many electric bike riders don't take the extra power into consideration when they speed down those bike lanes. I overheard a conversation at the office recently where the topic was the number of bike deaths this year (I work/live in Manhattan) and they did point out that many of those might actually be electric bike riders.
It's more complicated than that. Pedal-assist e-bikes are now legal, but throttle-control e-bikes still aren't (although in theory they're supposed to be legalized soon). The latter constitutes the vast majority of e-bikes on the streets here.
nickles|6 years ago
e-bikes have been legal in NYC for 1.5 years [0]
[0] https://mashable.com/2018/04/04/electric-bicycle-nyc-ban-end...
120photo|6 years ago
CydeWeys|6 years ago