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Analysis | Does anyone really want ebike motor power to increase?
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micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility
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I don't care either way, but I would like them banned on bike paths. I think once you have a motor, especially one that can travel at high speeds you belong in the street with cars, and not on the sides but fully like a motorbike. I've had way too many dudes clip me or others.
It should just be a speed limit.
Just because someone is fit enough to properly themselves over 20 mph without a motor doesn't make it any safer when they crash.
Pedestrian area. Mobility scooters and pedestrians. No bikes. 5 mph
Bridal/cycle path. Weight limit on vehicles to avoid damage to paths. 15 mph limit.
Faster than 15 mph, on the road. Get a licence.
Slower than 10 mph, not allowed on the road. No cyclists or mobility scooters crawling up hills at walking pace blocking traffic.
This obviously requires roads to not be the only infrastructure built to get anywhere conveniently. But we really do need to separate commuting traffic into 2 parts and then have pedestrian areas at destinations.
In France it's legally a bike only if the electric assistance stops once you reach 25 km/h. Anything where the motor can go higher than that (or even something where the motor can push when you're not pedaling) is considered to be a light scooter and therefore need a license plate and can't go on bicycle paths.
I thinks it's pretty fair. The only issue is that some sellers advertise those little scooters as electric bikes so some people use them without being aware they're illegal.
Here, some weaker and slower mopeds are allowed on bike paths unless explicitly forbidden. Works alright.
I think a ban would cause more travel by car which is a worse outcome IMO.
However, as a 🦵-biker, I’m not sad about 25 kph speed limiters. At least in the Dutch context.
most of them aint fast enough to replace motorbikes though
Not replace, just in the same place.
i was thinking more from a safety and range standpoint. point is i think we have to come up with some infrastructure solution to make them really shine.