Williams urges daylighting and e-bike regulation
Williams urges DOT to integrate daylighting into planned milling and repainting, expand protected bike lanes, and penalize retailers selling non-compliant e-bikes. He also warns that aggressive enforcement should not target delivery workers and everyday e-bike riders rather than systemic harms.
To keep expenses minimal relative to their overall budget, the DOT can integrate more daylighting into planned milling and repainting work executed by city staff rather than outside contractors.
To regulate micro-ability and e-bike effectively, priorities must center on expanding protected bike lanes and infrastructure, penalizing retailers who sell non-compliant e-bikes engineered to exceed legal speeds.
Especially with the increased ICE presence across the city under this federal administration,
We want to make sure that if there's particularly aggressive enforcement, it's not focused on driver delivery work as cyclists and everyday e-bike riders, but the onus of regulation on individuals rather than the systems contributing to most of the harm.
That doesn't mean we have to eliminate enforcement altogether.