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Council advances bicycle‑safety and delivery‑worker protections; plans to override mayoral vetoes on delivery and vendor bills
Summary
Council Member Gail Brewer introduced a bill to expand delivery bicycle safety training to cover powered bicycles and lithium‑ion battery safety and to strengthen enforcement against third‑party delivery services.
Council Member Gail Brewer presented Intro 20‑a to expand the Department of Transportation’s delivery worker bicycle safety course to cover the safe operation of powered bicycles and lithium‑ion battery charging safety. Brewer said the bill would clarify that businesses and workers using bicycles for commercial deliveries must follow existing safety regulations and would add new course content and enforcement tools.
Brewer said the bill makes four principal changes: clarify that all businesses and…
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