NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, in a recent op-ed, inaccurately asserted that the department's crackdown is limited to e-bikes and specific violations. However, reporting indicates that non-electric cyclists are also facing criminal charges for minor infractions. Tisch sidelined substantial critique from platforms like Streetsblog, emphasizing a skewed focus on e-bikes while neglecting to provide relevant data on the broader context of cyclist enforcement versus car driver accountability. The statistics show evanescent e-bike injury rates, asserting that the crackdown's emphasis is misplaced against the backdrop of significant traffic incidents attributed primarily to cars and trucks.
Like all previous police commissioners, Jessica Tisch is a hammer. And a hammer is always looking for a nail. But this time, she's pounding the wrong one.
This crackdown is specifically focused on e-bikes, she wroteâbut that's not true, as people biking on city streets since the crackdown have told us.
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