Electric Bikes Legal In Nyc

New york s status as a stubborn holdout against electric bikes and scooters appears to finally be over.

Electric bikes legal in nyc. Electric scooters get the legal treatment too. Effective august 2 2020 the law allows people to operate electric scooters e scooters and bicycles with electric assist e bikes on some streets and highways in new york state. Electric scooters and electric bikes were already legal in new jersey. Effective april 2020 the law allows people to operate bicycles with electric assist e bikes on some streets and highways in new york state.

The state of new york ny defines an electric bike as a bike with a small motor attached. Included in the state s tentative budget agreement reached on april 1st is a provision. Class c motorized bikes. Definition of electric bike.

In addition to e bikes electric scooters will also be legalized. Such electric scooters would be limited to a top speed of 20 mph 32 km h. The state of new york has actually banned e bikes from being used on the streets and of course sidewalks so it is currently illegal to use them on public roads. Legal e bikes won t be allowed in nyc bike lanes de blasio says new york city ny with e bikes set to be legalized the mayor is worried about intermingling them with regular bikes because.

To meet the class c specifications in new york your bike must have a top speed of 20 mph or less on level ground. Operating an electric scooter or bicycle with electric assist. The state of new york does not allow registration of electric bikes. You could see them zipping around in hoboken just across the hudson river from nyc.

New york state electric bike laws definition legal operation.