Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.A new rest stop where delivery workers can rest and charge electric bikes opened Thursday in SoHo, through a partnership between GrubHub and JOCO, a company that makes rentable e-bikes.
The rest stop is part of a larger partnership between the two companies: Deliveristas with GrubHub who rent JOCO bikes will be given access to 55 JOCO bike charging stations across the city and to this GrubHub-sponsored space in Soho. The Soho rest stop includes restrooms, phone charging stations, hot and cold water fountains, and lounge chairs.“It started out of necessity,” said Amy Healy, the VP of Government Affairs of GrubHub. “There needs to be safe places for the delivery workers to recharge their batteries in a safe way and use clean bathrooms.”
Healey said she observed that the city had made slow progress in developing three public hubs for workers after announcing