Hi, Brian Lairer here.

Up next, Brian Lairor Weekend,

three of our favorite segments from the week,

packaged together for you to listen to on the weekend.

So enjoy, and I'll see you back on the radio Monday at 10 a.m.

On WNYC and WNYC.org. Brian Lairn on WNYC, now a closer look at Mayor Eric Adams' new proposal for a Department of Sustainable Delivery for New York City.

Department of Sustainable Delivery. Can the mayor and city council work together to tame the Wild West, e-bike, and moped free-for-all we now have on New York City streets and sidewalks that's making many people feel unsafe and is causing some actual grievous harm.

Can they tame the two-wheeler's while respecting and supporting the delivery workers who depend on them and maybe even make their jobs and their vehicles safer for them?

Does sustainable mean more climate- friendly too? And this isn't

just about, say, Grubhub and Uber Eats. New Yorkers get so many packages delivered these days. So there's

even an idea in there for trucks to stop at certain boundary points and have packages delivered those final blocks to your

door using cargo bikes in parts of the city. A lot of people don't even know what a cargo bike is.

We'll talk about that. Those would change the mix of vehicles on the city streets. Yet again,

we can at least say that. Here's the mayor in his state of the city address last week,

unveiling the idea. We cannot have mopeds speeding down our sidewalks and forcing people to jump

out of the way. You must also protect the drivers and delivery workers who show up for New Yorkers

at all times a day and night, all kinds of weather.

That is why we are in discussion with the City Council to create the Department of Sustainable

Delivery, a first in the nation entity that will regulate new forms of delivery transit and ensure

their safety.

So we'll explore the potential implications of a New York City Department

of Sustainable Delivery now with John Serico, a journalist, teacher, and researcher who focuses

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