e-Bikes

A new MTA policy will prohibit charging or riding e-bikes and e-scooters anywhere in the transit system, but allow New Yorkers to travel on subways, trains and buses with their e-bikes.

The rules come amid a spate of fatal fires linked to E-bike batteries citywide.

“Our research found that fires commonly attributed to lithium ion batteries in [e-bikes] occurred as part of the charging process,” Jonathan Fazio at the MTA’s Safety Management Office said at an MTA board meeting Monday. “We found no incidents where an undamaged, unaltered, overcharged and [properly] certified battery in [an e-bike] overheated or caught fire during common use.”

Riding e-bikes within the system is prohibited, and all machines should be switched off while in transit.