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Re:Amsterdam Switches to 30 Km/h on 80% of its Roads by senkora on Thursday December 07, 2023 @09:32PM (#38564702)
One thing that really surprised me about London when I visited (and people told me that this was also true for the EU and so presumably Amsterdam), was that ebikes are limited to a top speed of 15mph before pedaling. If I heard correctly, it sounds like this won’t affect ebikes?

This surprised me because in NYC ebikes are limited to 25mph before pedaling.

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Re:Amsterdam Switches to 30 Km/h on 80% of its Roads by jacquesm on Thursday December 07, 2023 @10:23PM (#38565065)
That's an EU thing and aims to make it safe to put e-bikes on the bike paths instead of in the car lanes. It groups vehicles with similar speed and relative weight together.
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