New York Citys needed e-bike crackdown: Letters to the Editor June 6, 2025

The Issue: The lack of serious repercussions for dangerous e-biking in New York City.I’m curious to know how many injuries must occur before the Department of Transportation focuses on pedestrian safety, rather than the convenience of cyclists (“Progs’ E-Bike Insanity,” Editorial, May 31).In my neighborhood, a two-way bicycle lane was installed on Plaza Street East — a one-way street.Now pedestrians must also remember to watch for e-bike cyclists coming from the opposite direction of the automobile traffic flow.I wrote to the DOT about this and got a response saying, “We don’t typically add additional signage because the more signage you add, the easier it is for people to ignore them.

So, we try to minimize safety signage.”At this point, I’ve given up requesting assistance with this hazardous situation.Perhaps The Post’s articles will result in getting someone’s attention.Neil BermanBrooklynThis is part of a giant hypocrisy of the left: When someone is doing something that comports with their leftist ideology — like law-flouting bikers, fare beaters or illegal immigrants — the left is fine with it.But when it comes to driving a car or carrying a gun in the city — two innately constitutional activities — the left prohibits it or taxes it and tolls it to death.D.M.

MarkowitzSchenectadyI was nearly hit by an e-bike while walking on a Queens sidewalk and narrowly escaped injury.To bolster public safety, the Legislature must pass “Priscilla’s Law,” named after a pedestrian killed by an e-bike in Manhattan in 2023.It would require all e-bikes and e-scooters to be registered and display license plates for legal accountability.

(I would add an insurance requirement.)That’s responsible law enforcement, not racist targeting, as claimed by City Council member Lincoln Restler.Those who violate traffic laws must be prosecuted, regardless of their immigration status.Richard ReifQueensThank you, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch.Someone fin...