BROWNSVILLE — Con Edison, along with NYCHA, on Monday announced that it will place chargers and storage for e-bikes and e-scooters at selected public housing developments to test whether the use of such machines would increase if New Yorkers had access to suitable charging and storage for them, potentially reducing reliance on fossil fuel-powered transportation and delivering cleaner air and safer streets. The project also seeks to reduce indoor charging, which can cause dangerous fires, and to test the viability of providing dedicated charge and storage stations as a business model.
Con Edison is hoping to install the first chargers and storage areas at the Van Dyke houses in Brooklyn, as well as at Queensbridge North and South in Queens and De Hostos in Manhattan, by the end of the year; and, has posted a request for information for the project, a step toward finding a vendor to provide and operate the chargers once they are installed.
