Where is that out of curiosity? I don't know the laws everywhere of course not even in different states, but I was able to get a 500W(advertised at 1000 peak) off of Amazon here in GA, US for fairly cheap and ride it without any issues.

Looking at the GA state laws, it would count as a class 3 ebike (under 750W pedal assist higher than 20 mph but lower than 29 mph)(also has a mode that works as class 2, full motor up to 20mph but I never use it), which just means I have to be above 15 and wear a helmet. Technically, I should always ride it on the road instead of on the sidewalk, but the sidewalks around here hardly ever have people on them, so I mix between.

I do generally prefer lower pedal assist since I use it for exercise as well, and I don't feel comfortable going above 20 anyway so I only hit max 25 going down hills because I'm already trying to brake if I'm going above 23 or so

Different shit, same stink. These people are usually no different than the racists from the 60s–70s that helped to create the shitty urban landscape these efforts are trying to fix.

The only point that was even remotely valid was the "over 30" bit, and that's already covered by laws on e-bike classifications.

If your e-bike doesn't cut pedal assist at 28, or throttle only at 20, it is now a motorcycle and must be licensed and registered as such.

Good USians know to drive wrecklessly down our streets. It's those damn illegals riding electric bikes wrecklessly that's the problem!

Complaining about non-white people in Jersey City is like complaining about water near the ocean. If it's a problem for you, it's your own fault for being there.

Gosh, that's like about 50 kmph, that is really too quick for people that usually lack any protection. Person riding a bike even with helmet can get quite an injury if gets into an accident...

Of course it is, in todays traffic

Funny enough, ebike users I see around here in GA (Panthersville/Decatur, few miles outside Atlanta) are all adults, generally above 30s. Younger people seem to use electric scooters. My bother and I both are in our 40s with ebikes, and even perusing an expensive bike store to see what they had(money I could afford) it was older couple I saw asking questions. Obviously anecdotal.

This is a very, very good point. Giving moderately high speed vehicles to youth, without bodily protection like at least a helmet, is very dangerous. It should at least be against the law not to have a helmet.

But yes, young people are very bad at assessing the situation at any given moment in traffic. This comes after a few years of spending time in traffic. Not even after you have your license. Way after that fact.

With all that said, building for people rather than cars is a good move any day, IMO.

Thank you for coming to this grandpa‘s ted talk

No way Brad is a real person. @USCasual? "His" tweets and replies are designed to stir up trouble (although apparently he's had an account for a while).

Kudos to Mayor Fulop on his points and not getting sidetracked by this.

NJ. Is the most densely populated state, we should have state wide mass transit. A huge portion of the state commutes to NYC or Philly regularly.

I first thought it'd be like those electric scooter hire, or maybe bike hire schemes.

But looking on line it looks like it might be just a city run version of uber.

I used to live in a rural county that had regular bus routes which worked as one would expect and shorter busses you could schedule for a window the day prior or earlier. They would figure out allocation ahead of time show up and pick up and drop off a bunch of folks and drive everywhere in the boondocks.

This served as a connection between areas too rural to be Worth serving with regular routes and the more traveled parts.