CalBike Leads Coalition Calling for Regulation of Illegal E-Motorcycles
CalBike, along with 23 other bicycle and active transportation advocacy groups, released a letter today calling on our elected leaders to better regulate illegal electric motorcycles, which have top speeds above what’s allowed for electric bicycles. These e-motorcycles may be marketed as e-bikes, but they don’t meet California’s definition of an e-bike. Confusion between these illegal e-motorcycles and e-bikes has led several California cities to incorrectly regulate the use of legitimate e-bikes, which has the potential to harm all bike riders without improving safety.