A food delivery courier rides an e-bike in Toronto on January 3, 2024.
The Toronto Transit Commission board has voted to ban electric bikes and scooters with lithium-ion batteries from TTC vehicles and stations during winter due to fire concerns.
The motion also requests that the city work with companies to support their workers' needs, including requiring verification of e-bike and battery certification to use food delivery platforms. "But I also want to point out that making it impossible for gig workers to do the deliveries downtown — and they now do hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of deliveries downtown — if they are forced into large motor vehicles, that increases congestion, that increases deaths on roads and more people will die and be injured on the roads."Coun. Dianne Saxe says: 'It is not possible to have no fire risk on the TTC.
She said the group understands that the batteries pose a safety risk but a seasonal ban is not the answer. She added that Toronto residents have a higher chance of experiencing a lithium-ion battery fire in their homes than on the TTC. It also comes after the board received a report, written by the TTC's chief people and culture officer Shakira Naraine, that said low-income individuals and marginalized groups would be disproportionately affected by a proposed seasonal ban on electric bikes and scooters.
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