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> in a bike-friendly city also, many bike friendly paths don't allow electric bikes (sometimes not enforced and it will probably change in the future though)
by authed 5y ago
> in a bike-friendly city
also, many bike friendly paths don't allow electric bikes (sometimes not enforced and it will probably change in the future though)
- TulliusCicero 5y agoIs this still really that common?
- authed 5y agoI don't know how common it is, but I have seen this on a multi-use trail system in Florida.
- MivLives 5y agoLegally in the Boston area nothing with a motor is supposed to go on bike paths. It was a law put in place in the 80s to prevent people on mopeds from using bike paths. The end result is rarely enforced from my own experience and from what I've heard from the local electric skateboard group there.
- SamWhited 5y agoI don't know about Boston in particular, but in a lot of places these laws only apply to class 2 ebikes (ones with a throttle). Pedal assist often doesn't count, even though it's got a motor too.
- notacoward 5y agoI've read the laws, and that's the case in Massachusetts too.