This seems like a "why not both" situation. Limit e-bike speeds to those that are typical in most parts of the world and reduce city speed limits for cars to 20mph, and enforce it aggressively.
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No limit for bikes without limits for cars.
NYC actually reduced local road speeds to 25MPH city-wide like 10 years or so back under Bill de Blasio. It was an uphill fight with state government since the state is who gets to set those speeds unless the locality puts speed signs on every street where there's an exception, and even NYC didn't have the money (Or space) to put a speed sign on literally every block in the city. So after decades of 30+ being the norm the city was able to negotiate the state down to 25. 20 would have been better but the state wouldn't have let it happen and that's also the pace where New York drivers lose their patience and just start habituating to breaking the rule all the time.
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though i agree with regulation, i am a 20mph limit guy; however i dont live in new york (and have never been). if 15mph suits the city, i see no problem with it.
hopefully the mayor has taken a few days to ride around in an ebike to know what he is signing (though i highly doubt it)
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i bet that this would cut profits from those delivering food and stuff with an E-bike in NYC
hey many of those people are immigrants! who'd a thunk it ?
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