{"id":30845,"date":"2023-12-06T12:34:33","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T12:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/en\/?p=30845"},"modified":"2023-12-06T12:34:33","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T12:34:33","slug":"mayor-adams-launches-lithium-ion-battery-charging-pilot-for-delivery-workers-to-safely-charge-in-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/30845","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Adams launches lithium-ion battery-charging pilot for delivery workers to safely charge in public"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK \u2013 New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced plans to launch a new, lithium-ion battery-charging pilot program early next year that will allow an initial group of delivery workers to safely charge their bikes in public.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The pilot will test a variety of technologies to charge e-bike batteries at multiple locations across the city, developed as part of the administration\u2019s \u201cCharge Safe, Ride Safe\u201d plan to protect New Yorkers from fires caused by lithium-ion batteries and promote safe electric-micro mobility usage.<\/p>\n

Those technologies will include battery-swapping networks, as well as secure bike parking docks that supply fast charging to delivery workers\u2019 e-bikes.<\/p>\n

\u201cNew Yorkers rely on delivery workers for so much, and this innovative pilot program will test different technologies to make this technology safer as we continue to do all we can to help protect workers from the dangers that lithium-ion batteries can pose,\u201d said Mayor Adams. \u201cBy investing in battery-swapping networks and fast-charging e-bike docks, we\u2019re building e-bike-friendly infrastructure and preparing our city\u2019s streets for a new generation of users. Today\u2019s announcement builds on our holistic strategy to ensure that we safely harness the transformative potential of e-bikes in our city.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cDelivery workers are under enormous economic pressure. When time is money, it’s no wonder when unsafe practices become the norm,\u201d said Deputy Mayor for Operations Meera Joshi. \u201cDelivery workers deserve a safe and sustainable way to make a living, as we all do. This pilot will not only protect them, but the families who share their homes. It is a crucial step in helping to create order and safety in the e-micromobility space.”<\/p>\n

\u201cThe tremendous growth in electric bikes and other legal, two-wheeled devices provides an exciting glimpse into a future where New Yorkers are less dependent on large, more dangerous vehicles to get around,\u201d said New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez. \u201cSupporting this ridership boom with safe, public infrastructure can help make our city safer and more sustainable \u2014 while providing vital infrastructure for our delivery workers, who have one of the toughest jobs in New York City. We thank Mayor Adams for his support through the \u2018Charge Safe, Ride Safe\u2019 action plan to develop this pilot.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSpreading education about safe practices for lithium-ion batteries is one of the FDNY\u2019s top priorities,\u201d said Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) Commissioner Laura Kavanagh. \u201cWe know these fires can cause serious injury, and even death. We are grateful to our partners in city government for their out-of-the-box thinking on how we can embrace this new technology while also protecting lives.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK \u2013 New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced plans to launch a new, lithium-ion battery-charging pilot program early next year that will allow an initial group of delivery workers to safely charge their bikes in public. The pilot will test a variety of technologies to charge e-bike batteries at multiple locations across […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":30608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1469,31,1378,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-york","category-news","category-us","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30845"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30846,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30845\/revisions\/30846"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}