Int 1312-2025
Relation to lowering the speed limit for bicycles with electric assist.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Transportation and Infrastructureintroduced 2025-06-11
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2025-06-11Passed: 2025-12-31
Summary
This bill would lower the speed limit for e-bikes to 15 miles per hour.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure — Mass transportation agencies and facilities, Taxi and Limousine Commission, Department of Transportation and New York City Transit Authority, and the Department of Design and Construction and matters related to infrastructure projects within New York City.
How it compares
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4 passed · 46 died
This bill: 203 days in committee
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Sponsors (6)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2025-06-11 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2025-06-11 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2025-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2025-06-11 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (4)
- Summary of Int. No. 1312
- Int. No. 1312
- June 11, 2025 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 6-11-25
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subchapter 3 of chapter 1 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-177.1 to read as follows:
� 19-177.1 Speed limit for bicycles with electric assist. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the term "bicycle with electric assist" has the same definition as contained in section 102-c of the vehicle and traffic law or successor provision.
b. No person shall operate a bicycle with electric assist in excess of 15 miles per hour.
c. Any person who violates subdivision b of this section is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $50.
� 2. This local law takes effect 180 days after it becomes law.
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