As a biker in NYC, there are a ton of bikes and a ton of bad, careless drivers around. I wonder if the risk comes more from the nature of biking in NYC rather than trying to get to a residence in 15 minutes. E-bikes do go a lot faster than normal bikes, to be fair, but the city was already saturated with them before these services popped up. I believe they may even be illegal in the city as it is.<p>Also, as an avid user of 15 minute delivery services. They really are magical. I have a super expensive mini-grocery store at the end of my block, but for the same cost, I could have the same item delivered to me in about 5 minutes on average. I also wonder if the market/legal system already has corrections for any negligence on the part of the business. If they know that it's dangerous to, say, extend their "15 minute" border too far, forcing delivery people to push it and someone dies, that seems ripe for a massive liability issue.<p>If I am these delivery companies, I would be working over time to ensure everyone that this is a legitimate, good-producing service. It's a similar struggle Uber/Lyft have been dealing with. Clearly the right direction, but the execution might require some polish.
This is a good idea, prevents driver abuse. Similar to the rushed undercooked pizza problem of competing pizza-at-speed-of-light claims in dense traffic where drivers get blamed/untipped etc, even penalised for shit outside of their control loop.