電單車在紐約依舊違法，紐約人很不高興

Cycling can be a fantastic way to exercise, sight-see, or burn calories. But for many food delivery drivers and other gig workers, biking is also a practical requirement for their job—one they’d like some help with. That remains a problem in New York City, however, where people who use electric scooters and some electric bikes are subject to a $500 fine and confiscations. While the popularity of e-scooters and e-bikes is exploding in cities across the United States and spreading rapidly in Europe, the Empire State seems woefully behind the times.
騎單車是鍛鍊、觀光、燃燒卡路里的絕妙方式。但是對很多外賣配送員和其他打臨時工的人來說，單車也是工作的實用要求--他們的工作需要單車的幫助。然而這在紐約還是個問題。人們在紐約騎電動車和其他的電動單車面臨500美元的罰款和沒收單車的處罰。雖然電動車和電動單車在美國各市都大受歡迎，並迅速擴散到歐洲，但“帝國”似乎嚴重與時代脫節了。
The state legislature tried to change all that in June, when overwhelming majorities in both the Assembly and Senate approved a bill that would have granted cities the right to make their own rules for both modes of transportation. But on December 26, Governor Andrew Cuomo vetoed the bill, arguing that it didn’t contain enough safety measures, such as a requirement that riders wear helmets.
美國立法機關在六月份試圖改變這一點，那時衆議院和參議院中的絕大多數人都贊同一項法案，批准城市自己制定兩種交通模式的規則。但是在12月26日，安德魯·科摩（Andrew Cuomo）州長否決了這一法案，稱此項法案未包含足夠的安全措施，例如沒有要求騎行者佩戴頭盔。
That means a fragmented policy on electric vehicles in New York City. In 2018, the government approved the use of bikes that provide an electric assist while you pedal (like those provided by Uber subsidiary Jump). But throttle-controlled e-bikes, and all electric scooters, are banned under state law.
這意味着紐約關於電動車輛的措施四分五裂。2018年，政府批准了踩踏板時提供電動協助的車輛的使用（比如Uber的Jump單車）。但是剎車控制的電動單車以及所有的電動車被州法律禁止。
The measure to legalize e-scooters and e-bikes had broad support from activists, such as the 100,000-member New York City organization Transit Alternatives, and companies that provide e-vehicles, such as Bird and Lime. Responding to the veto, Transit Alternatives issued a statement that read, in part, “Governor Cuomo, a supposed champion for immigrants and the working poor, has failed to protect 40,000 low-wage, mostly immigrant workers in New York.”
使電動車和電動單車合法化的措施得到了活動家以及提供電動車輛的公司的廣泛支持，比如擁有10萬名會員的紐約組織Transit Alternatives（交通運輸替代）、Bird公司、Lime公司。Transit Alternative作爲對否決的迴應，發佈了一份聲明，部分聲明如下：“科摩州長，所謂的移民和窮苦工人的捍衛者，無法保護4萬名紐約的低薪工人，其中大多數是移民。”
The bill had more than enough support for a vote to override the veto, if the legislature were still in session. Instead, the fight will have to be revived next year—something that Cuomo says he welcomes. “There is no need for us to choose between legalizing e-bikes and safety, and I will propose a bill that does both on January 8,” the governor tweeted on Thursday evening.
如果立法機關還處在會期的話，這項法案得到的支持足夠推翻那份否決。但是這場鬥爭得明年（2020年）才能重啓，科摩說自己很歡迎這件事。“我們無需在讓電動單車合法化和安全之間抉擇，我將在1月8號提出兩全其美的法案。”這位州長在週四晚發推文說。