The collision in the bike lane of the Queensboro Bridge that left two people dead Thursday is shedding light on a lack of enforcement for e-bikes and scooters, and in particular illegal ones that exceed the speed limit.
One of the people who was killed was on a bicycle. The other was on an electric scooter, which police said was illegal, since it could go above 50 mph.
“There’s no protection for cyclists”
The narrow eastbound and westbound bike lanes on the bridge, where the collision happened, are only divided by a painted white line.
“There’s no protection for cyclists with scooters going 30, 40, 50 miles an hour,” cyclist Mike Romano said…