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/
I took a stroll to see how the council’s much heralded safety project at the skewed intersection Bridge St and Drs James Parker Blvd is progressing – more on this another day…
However, given the town’s long list of cycling and pedestrian safety awards, it wasn’t a great surprise to see how the only bike lanes in Red Bank are fairing…
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
NJCrash posts daily on Bluesky
*https://bsky.app/profile/njcrash.bsky.social/post/3mz3z3slkr22a
*https://bsky.app/profile/alanehill.com
Interesting to hear that the UCI is to re-introduce Derny racing…
The return of the derny? I hope so…
#UCI #keirin #ebike
— 🌹ᴀʟᴀɴ ᴇ ʜɪʟʟ🌹 (@alanehill.com) September 27, 2026 at 6:10 AM
The New Jersey “e-Bike” law is an all round disaster…
Just another New Jersey “e-bike” law casualty
C3 e-bikes – pedelec, motor assisted to 28mph/45kmh, no throttle – are often used as pacers for training and organised recreational club rides, as well as recovery/rehabilitation for people who use road, tri- and gravel bikes
#shotinthefootNJ #bikesky— Red Bank Bike (@redbank.bike) September 27, 2026 at 6:25 AM
https://bsky.app/profile/alanehill.com
https://bsky.app/profile/redbank.bike/post/3mwiljwbp2s2h
In 2026 a third of all deaths on New Jersey roads are either a pedestrian or cyclist…
New Jersey roads: Year on year fatalities are reported to have fallen by 8.5%
However, 2026 cyclist and pedestrian deaths currently aggregate to the same as 2025 which means the %age of VRU deaths is now running at 32% of the total1 in 3 NJ deaths on the road is either a cyclist or pedestrian
— NJCrash💥 (@njcrash.bsky.social) September 10, 2026 at 10:31 AM
*https://bsky.app/profile/njcrash.bsky.social/post/3mv6be2t6mk26
*https://bsky.app/profile/alanehill.com
Most days I monitor fatalities on NJ roads, compiled from the NJ State Police website. I report via @njcrash.bsky.social on Bluesky
Basic trend for this year means that more than 10people/week die on NJ streets, every single victim killed either in or being hit by a car, bus or truck. Worse, pedestrian and cyclist deaths are up on this time last year.
8/18/2026: 334 dead in 229 days on New Jersey roads in 2026, including 98peds + 11cyclists
Every single victim killed either in or being hit by a car, bus or truck
Pedestrian and Cyclist deaths on NJ streets are now continuing to trend worse than in 2025
#visionzero #bikeped #safestreets— NJCrash💥 (@njcrash.bsky.social) August 18, 2026 at 10:06 AM
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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
