D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said she advocated for lower speeds on electric bikes after the shareable rides were linked to crime throughout the city.
Ms. Bowser said her administration had been noticing the e-bike connection in some types of theft, prompting her team to approach e-bike providers Lime and Veo about the issue.
“Anecdotally, we have some concerns about some of the shared transportation equipment being used to commit crimes,” the mayor said Wednesday at a press event on the Metropolitan Branch Trail in Northeast. “I read a lot of police reports, and I know there is some misuse of the bikes.”…