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Polly Trottenberg testifying on Revel/moped-share: "There& #39;s no escaping the fact that moped share is in a different risk category than bike share."
Revel: 1.38 fatalities per million trips
vs. CitiBike: .02 fatalities per million trips
Revel: 1.38 fatalities per million trips
vs. CitiBike: .02 fatalities per million trips
The # of crashes per 10k trips has declined 50% since Revel closed shop & reopened. And the number of first-time riders in crashes is down.
Still, in most crashes, "the rider lost control of the Revel scooter rather than collided with another vehicle," DOT& #39;s Will Carry says.
Still, in most crashes, "the rider lost control of the Revel scooter rather than collided with another vehicle," DOT& #39;s Will Carry says.
As one former Revel employee told me in July: âTheyâre cheap. Theyâre plastic. The wheels are very small in circumference. Itâs a bouncy ride. In the rain we would get a lot of accidents.â https://nypost.com/2020/07/29/ex-revel-employee-rips-companys-cheap-scooters-amid-shutdown/">https://nypost.com/2020/07/2...
Ydanis Rodriguez says "there should be" tech that makes it so the moped won& #39;t move if the person isn& #39;t wearing a helmet.
Antonio Reynoso says Revel is a âmodel companyâ and warns against âover-regulation.â Says heâs opposed to city council legislation that requires regs; wants DOT to take lead on that.
Reynoso notes that there are no sensors for cars the require you wear a seatbelt. Says âwe should be asking NYPDâ to enforce helmet laws. Says itâs a double standard.
âThese companies are doing everything right and weâre having a hearing to over-regulate them as opposed to vehicles.â
CM Andrew Cohen says "we just don& #39;t have the infrastructure" for mopeds. Doesn& #39;t think mopeds should be "integrated" into car traffic. "If we offered people a safe viable way, maybe not in automobile traffic, they wouldn& #39;t" break the laws.
Trottenberg: "I don& #39;t really see any evidence that they& #39;re being in the roadway has been the issue. As we& #39;ve seen, in a lot of the crashes, it& #39;s been operator-error - the operator hasn& #39;t collided with the vehicle."
Cohen, a council member for going on 7 years, tells Trottenberg there needs to be "more master planning here."
