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Mayor Eric Adams wants electric bike riders to slow down. The mayor is proposing a 15 miles per hour speed limit for e-bikes, which currently can travel between 20 and 25 miles per hour. Adams announced the new rule on Thursday to renew pressure on the City Council to act on legislation he introduced last year that would create a Department of Sustainable Delivery to regulate delivery apps. The Council has yet to introduce the bill.

The proposed rule sets a 15-mile-per-hour speed limit for e-bikes, e-scooters, and pedal-assisted commercial bikes on city streets—a cap already applied to stand-up e-scooters and enforced in other parts of the world, including the European Union, according to a press release .

Adams said there have been growing concern

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