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NYC RESIDENTS FIGHTING PLANNED ‘DELIVERISTA HUB’ FOR E-BIKE CHARGING

By Georgia Worrell

Published Dec. 30, 2023, 1:10 p.m. ET

Upper West Siders are fighting a “preposterous” city plan to install an e-bike
charging station for delivery workers in an already chaotic intersection.

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The “deliverista hub” is planned for the public plaza between Broadway, West
71st and 72nd streets, and would include a spot for workers to rest and charge
the batteries for their e-bikes.

Opponents of the proposed site say the three entry points to the plaza are
already packed with cars, subway commuters and cyclists, and the lithium
batteries for drivers’ e-bikes pose the risk of fires — which the city Fire
Department has also warned the public against.

“You don’t need a Ph.D. in architecture or urban planning to see in one moment
that this would be very very dangerous. We just can’t understand it,” Katina
Ellison, co-leader of the West 71st St. Block Association, said about the plan
she called “preposterous.”

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The hub is part of a pilot program introduced in October 2022 by Mayor Adams and
Sen. Chuck Schumer, which seeks to repurpose empty newsstands into charging and
rest stations for the city’s growing delivery driver population.

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Katina Ellison, a co-leader of the West 51st St. Block Association, called the
plan for the deliverista hub “preposterous.” Aristide Economopoulos
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The West 71st St. “deliverista hub” would be the first of its kind in the city.
Aristide Economopoulos

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This month, the West 68th, 71st, 72nd, 73rd and 79th street block associations,
the NYC E-Vehicle Safety Alliance and other community groups have renewed their
efforts against the plan, by writing elected officials and passing out flyers in
protest. 

“This complex, dangerous and overcrowded intersection is not suited for [the
hub] and will endanger pedestrians, cyclists and subway riders,” the coalition’s
flyer states. 

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Opponents of the proposed deliverista hub site on West 71st St. argue that the
“complex, dangerous and overcrowded intersection is not suited” for it. Aristide
Economopoulos
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The “Street Deliverista Hubs” pilot program aims to repurpose empty newsstands
into charging and rest stations for the city’s growing delivery driver
population. ZUMAPRESS.com

A Change.org petition against the hub has amassed nearly 1,300 signatures to
date. 

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The city Parks Department, however, is “committed to ensuring that any
Deliverista Hub designs are safe for everyone including delivery workers,
pedestrians and commuters,” a spokesperson said. “We are listening to the
concerns from the community, and will present more formal design plans to the
community board once they are ready.”


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