Two bills moving through the California legislature this year could change how e-bikes are bought, ridden, and regulated across the state. One would require
You make some good points. What is of special annoyance in the US is that bikes are NOT allowed where pedestrians walk. Bikes are required to be in bike lanes (don’t exist in most areas) or on the road with vehicles. The city I work in for instance, has quite a few sidewalks for people, but bikes aren’t allowed on them. They just have to be in streets with other cars.
Yeah, though I’ve never visited, I’m aware that US traffic is in large parts a hellscape for anything that isn’t a car or motorcycle.
So very different circumstances. Arguably, the solution would be a shifting paradigm in urban planning, rather than fast E-bikes. But the latter is obviously much easier to achieve.
You make some good points. What is of special annoyance in the US is that bikes are NOT allowed where pedestrians walk. Bikes are required to be in bike lanes (don’t exist in most areas) or on the road with vehicles. The city I work in for instance, has quite a few sidewalks for people, but bikes aren’t allowed on them. They just have to be in streets with other cars.
Yeah, though I’ve never visited, I’m aware that US traffic is in large parts a hellscape for anything that isn’t a car or motorcycle.
So very different circumstances. Arguably, the solution would be a shifting paradigm in urban planning, rather than fast E-bikes. But the latter is obviously much easier to achieve.
Yes. It’s just one of those things that takes forever to do and upsets anyone who doesn’t bike.