New Jersey e-bike law: It’s hard to see how Sen Mukherji’s S4830 amendment will ease the confusion.
In fact it will just add to the bewilderment, and NJ will still end up with the most draconian, restrictive and plain unworkable e-bike legislation in the world.
If only they’d asked…
#https://www.wired.com/story/new-jerseys-new-ebike-law-is-causing-chaos/
Year-on-year in 2026 New Jersey traffic deaths have fallen by over 7%.
Unfortunately pedestrian and cyclists’ deaths have actually risen and now constitute over a third of all deaths on NJ roads:
10/30/2026: 444 dead in 300 days on New Jersey roads in 2026, including 137peds + 13cyclists
Each victim killed either in or being hit by a car, bus or truckTotal fatalities have fallen by 35 year-on-year
Bikeped deaths have risen to over a third of the state’s total
#visionzero #bikeped #bikesky— NJCrash💥 (@njcrash.bsky.social) October 30, 2026 at 10:39 AM
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Kudos to Princeton Tapinto’s monthly Princeton Crash ReportSay what you like about bicycle and pedestrian safety; safe crosswalks, bike lanes, helmets, high viz, walkability, Complete Streets, etc., these are merely sinecures imposed on us by murderous drivers.
It does not change the fact that greatest perpetrator of deaths and serious injuries on the roads are the drivers of motor vehicles; cars, trucks, buses, etc.
The recent hysteria over bike and ebike regulation is infuriating, dumb, and counter-productive.
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Suddenly in Red Bank NJ the streets are at the top of the boro’ agenda.
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| A cyclist waits for the walk sign at the hair-raising intersection of Harding Avenue and Broad Street Monday image: redbankgreen.com |
Yes, safety AND parking are trending on local socialmedia.
Whether the town’s recent, poorly compiled bike/pedestrian questionnaire elicits any useful info
other than some people feel “uncomfortable” using crosswalks remains to
be assessed.
redbankgreen.com has been closely following the council’s agenda as usual and this week
looks at car storage … erm, I mean parking… in Red Bank NJ over the
last century or so, forgetting that not one road or street in the town
was built for cars…
Red Bank Bike/Ped questionnaire here
