As part of safety push, motor assist on DC e

In response to community concerns and police observations, the motor assist feature on Lime and Veo e-bikes in D.C. is slowing down.

The city’s thousands of undocked e-bikes will have a limit on how fast they can go. Now, the boost feature on Lime e-bikes won’t be able to go faster than 18 miles per hour, the company said in a statement. The assistance on Veo e-bikes will be capped at 15 miles per hour.

The previous limit for both companies’ e-bikes was 20 miles per hour, a D.C. Department of Transportation spokesman said.

City leaders have been considering asking the companies to make a change since the spring, the DDOT spokesman said. They recently asked, and the companies agreed.

The switch comes in response to growing complaints about e-bike riders zipping by pedestrians on city si