{"id":44627,"date":"2025-11-19T09:51:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T09:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/44627\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T09:51:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T09:51:10","slug":"city-to-install-outdoor-e-bike-charging-stations-in-25-locations-starting-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/44627\/","title":{"rendered":"City to install outdoor e-bike charging stations in 25 locations starting in 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two years after testing outdoor charging cabinets<\/a> for e-bike batteries, the city\u2019s Transportation Department says it\u2019s ready to roll out a larger network of the devices \u2014 and plans to start fielding the chargers by 2027.<\/p>\n

\u201cDelivery workers have one of the toughest jobs in New York City,\u201d Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez said in a statement. \u201cBuilding a public e-bike charging network is an investment in better working conditions and more peace of mind for working class New Yorkers.\u201d<\/p>\n

The refrigerator-sized devices enable e-bike riders to swap or charge their batteries without bringing them inside \u2014 an effort to reduce the number of home fires sparked by lithium-ion batteries<\/a>. The cabinets also will also have integrated fire suppression systems, ventilation, temperature control, and automatic shutoff for overheating batteries.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy expanding access to safe charging infrastructure in neighborhoods where delivery workers rely on e-bikes the most, the City is taking a critical next step to prevent future tragedies and keep New Yorkers safe,\u201d FDNY commissioner Robert Tucker said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Over the next year, the city will begin selecting and preparing 25 sites based on where electric delivery-bike traffic is the highest. Nearly all of Manhattan is under consideration, as is Long Island City, Downtown Brooklyn, Williamsburg, and sections of the South Bronx.<\/p>\n

The first cabinets are slated to be installed in 2027.<\/p>\n

Delivery riders will be able to access the cabinets through paid membership in the network, a DOT spokesman said.<\/p>\n

The plan comes after a 2023 pilot program that installed the battery cabinets at three public squares in Manhattan.<\/p>\n

The two cabinet designs tested in the pilot program \u2014 one manufactured by Swobbee, the other by Popwheels \u2014 both only charge UL-certified batteries provided by the companies.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, the DOT opened applications for private building owners<\/a> to install charging cabinets outside their buildings. A source with knowledge told the Daily News that the city has yet to receive any applications for that program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two years after testing outdoor charging cabinets for e-bike batteries, the city\u2019s Transportation Department says it\u2019s ready to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[267,75,84,83,9,24,12,63,608],"class_list":{"0":"post-44627","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manhattan","8":"tag-local-news","9":"tag-manhattan","10":"tag-manhattan-headlines","11":"tag-manhattan-news","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-transportation"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}