Great news. Keep e-mopeds off the trails unless land managers decide they are appropriate for specific areas. This provides a good baseline of control and flexibility.
Now e-mopeders can do what every other distinct user group has done and start a dialogue with their local land managers and existing trail users to discuss access, provide a plan for what that looks like, how interactions with other user groups will be managed and how the additional trail use will be mitigated through maintenance.
This law doesn't say e-mopeding is not ever possible on trails it says it's saying it's prohibited until folks make a case locally to use an area.
I've been involved in MTB advocacy and yes it's a slow process that takes time and effort, but if done right in the end you have decent relationships with all the stakeholders and a plan in place that's sustainable for decades.
March 9, 2018, 6:52 a.m. - Vik Banerjee
Great news. Keep e-mopeds off the trails unless land managers decide they are appropriate for specific areas. This provides a good baseline of control and flexibility. Now e-mopeders can do what every other distinct user group has done and start a dialogue with their local land managers and existing trail users to discuss access, provide a plan for what that looks like, how interactions with other user groups will be managed and how the additional trail use will be mitigated through maintenance. This law doesn't say e-mopeding is not ever possible on trails it says it's saying it's prohibited until folks make a case locally to use an area. I've been involved in MTB advocacy and yes it's a slow process that takes time and effort, but if done right in the end you have decent relationships with all the stakeholders and a plan in place that's sustainable for decades.