{"id":1215303,"date":"2025-02-14T20:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T01:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1215303"},"modified":"2025-02-14T20:25:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T01:25:00","slug":"nyc-is-giving-free-e-bikes-to-delivery-workers-using-unsafe-models","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1215303","title":{"rendered":"NYC Is Giving Free E-Bikes To Delivery Workers Using Unsafe Models"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>New York City&#8217;s Department of Transportation is offering delivery workers the opportunity to swap out uncertified e-bikes for safer UL-compliant models. &#8220;Millions of people rely on such workers for timely deliveries, yet the low wages and brutal conditions of the job have forced many riders to seek out low-cost electric bicycles to perform the work &#8212; exactly the kind of e-bikes that are least likely to have received safety certifications,&#8221; reports Electrek. From the report: The NYC DOT has already begun accepting applications for the new E-Bike Trade-In Program, which is open to delivery workers with non-compliant electric bicycles as well as the often-seen electric scooters\/mopeds that don&#8217;t really qualify as e-bikes, despite their ubiquitous use in the industry. Interestingly, the program even accepts gasoline-powered mopeds that are not able to be legally registered with the DMV, including those that lack VINs. In exchange for trading in a non-certified vehicle, the delivery worker will receive a new UL-certified electric bike with a spare UL-certified battery.<\/p>\n<p>There are a few requirements for eligibility. The worker has to have earned at least US $1,500 by working in the food delivery industry last year in 2024, live in one of the five New York City boroughs, be at least 18 years old, and own\/use one of the eligible devices for trade-in. The program is free to participate in with no additional cost for the delivery workers. However, the supply of free electric bicycles is described as &#8220;limited.&#8221; Those interested need to submit an application before the window closes on March 10, 2025.<\/p>\n<div class=\"share_submission\" style=\"position:relative;\">\n<a class=\"slashpop\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=NYC+Is+Giving+Free+E-Bikes+To+Delivery+Workers+Using+Unsafe+Models%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fhardware.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F02%2F14%2F2336232%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/twitter_icon_large-15.png\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"slashpop\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fhardware.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F02%2F14%2F2336232%2Fnyc-is-giving-free-e-bikes-to-delivery-workers-using-unsafe-models%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/facebook_icon_large-15.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hardware.slashdot.org\/story\/25\/02\/14\/2336232\/nyc-is-giving-free-e-bikes-to-delivery-workers-using-unsafe-models?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed\">Read more of this story<\/a> at Slashdot.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/slashdot.org\/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=23610583&amp;smallembed=1\" style=\"height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City&#8217;s Department of Transportation is offering delivery workers the opportunity to swap out uncertified e-bikes for safer UL-compliant models. &#8220;Millions of people rely on such workers for timely deliveries, yet the low wages and brutal conditions of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1215303\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1215303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-slashdot","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1215303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1215303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1215303\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1215303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1215303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1215303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}