New York City's needed e-bike crackdown: Letters

The Issue: The lack of serious repercussions for dangerous e-biking in New York City.

I’m curious to know how many injuries must occur before the Department of Transportation focuses on pedestrian safety, rather than the convenience of cyclists ( “Progs’ E-Bike Insanity,” Editorial, May 31).

In my neighborhood, a two-way bicycle lane was installed on Plaza Street East — a one-way street.

Now pedestrians must also remember to watch for e-bike cyclists coming from the opposite direction of the automobile traffic flow.

I wrote to the DOT about this and got a response saying, “We don’t typically add additional signage because the more signage you add, the easier it is for people to ignore them. So, we try to minimize safety signage.”

At this point, I’ve given up requesting assistance wi