Jessica Ramos, a Democratic state senator from Queens, introduced state legislation to allow scooters, with a public hearing scheduled for June 7. Sarah M. Kaufman, an urban planning professor at New York University, said she often sees electric scooters in Manhattan. “It doesn’t seem to be something that’s being enforced.”Still, city officials are concerned that an influx of scooters could lead to serious crashes. Two people died in the city last year while riding electric scooters, including a 7-year-old boy who was hit by a public bus last May. The boy, Shevon Bethea, was riding a children’s electric Razor scooter, known as the E300 model, which can cost more than $250, according to city officials.

Source: New York Times May 29, 2019 06:56 UTC