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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. 骑单车是锻炼、观光、燃烧卡路里的绝妙方式。但是对很多外卖配送员和其他打临时工的人来说，单车也是工作的实用要求--他们的工作需要单车的帮助。然而这在纽约还是个问题。人们在纽约骑电动车和其他的电动单车面临500美元的罚款和没收单车的处罚。虽然电动车和电动单车在美国各市都大受欢迎，并迅速扩散到欧洲，但“帝国”似乎严重与时代脱节了。 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. 美国立法机关在六月份试图改变这一点，那时众议院和参议院中的绝大多数人都赞同一项法案，批准城市自己制定两种交通模式的规则。但是在12月26日，安德鲁·科摩（Andrew Cuomo）州长否决了这一法案，称此项法案未包含足够的安全措施，例如没有要求骑行者佩戴头盔。 | 
