To regulate the e-bikes, mopeds and motorbikes that New Yorkers rely on for delivery services, Mayor Eric Adams announced a new city agency for micromobility oversight. New York City will create a new municipal department to contend with the skyrocketing number of electric bicycles, scooters, mopeds and motorbikes that race across the city’s streets to haul packages and deliver food, City Hall announced on Wednesday.
In his State of the City address, Mayor Eric Adams proposed the creation of the Department of Sustainable Delivery, which would be tasked with regulating commercial delivery services that rely on two- and three-wheeled micromobility vehicles. These battery-powered machines are critical in the battle against pollution and traffic congestion, but their emergence has also stoked controversy: Debates rage around pedestrian and rider safety, the risks posed by e-bike battery fires and the rights of delivery workers.