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Brooks Powers says businesses, apps must bear delivery safety responsibilities
Summary
Council member Sabrina Brooks Powers described bills that would place responsibility for safety equipment, identification and training on businesses and apps rather than individual delivery workers and would require street‑design recommendations within 270 days.
Council member Sabrina Brooks Powers said her bills shift responsibility for delivery safety to the businesses and apps that profit from platform deliveries. She said if a company puts deliveristas on city streets, the company should be responsible for providing safety equipment, worker identification and training.
"If you put delivery workers on the streets, you are on the hook for the safety equipment, their identification, and safety training for operating in our streets," Brooks Powers said. She said the laws should protect working people while ensuring public safety.
Brooks Powers also described a task force and a street design review that would deliver recommendations within 270 days to reduce collisions and better match street design to current usage patterns. She said protections should consider pedestrians, drivers, cyclists and riders who use e‑bikes for commercial purposes.
The sponsor argued the bills would relieve pressure on individual workers to accept unsafe practices and would instead require companies to provide the tools and training that support safer operations.
