Boston City Councilor Proposes Ban On Motorized Bikes In City

WBZ NewsRadio’s James Rojas reports.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Counselor Ed Flynn says there is a pedestrian safety crisis.
He's calling attention to delivery drivers, those who use mopeds
and e bikes, who he says, recklessly prioritized speed over safety.
That's why he's proposing an outright band of motorized bikes
being used for third party food deliveries. Opinions are mixed
in the South End with that. Why do you agree
with that?

Speaker 2 (00:20):
Disrespectful Instead of follow rules of the road, they're cutting
between you.

Speaker 3 (00:25):
No, not an outright band, but more laws should be
inflicted on them.

Speaker 4 (00:29):
I mean it's kind of like a hit or miss
depending on the person. I might say yes and no
on this one. I'm kind of on both sides or
this one.

Speaker 2 (00:35):
If you have the way to make.

Speaker 1 (00:37):
A living, one I make a liver. Some city councilors
say a band would unfairly target immigrant workers who rely
on those jobs in the South End. James Rojas w
b Z, Boston's news radio