It makes sense to manage ebikes as most places with ebike legislation and policy are - as a separate user group.
* They're not mountain bikes.
* They're not dirt bikes.
* They're ebikes.
We're also seeing the rise of electric dirt bikes - using energy storage mechanisms (ie gas vs battery) as a way of defining ebikes isn't a great one. Carefully, legally, defining ebikes as their own group is important. Once formally defined, they can be managed just like every single other user group - "you can go here, but not here". Same as mountain bikes. And horses. And hikers. And 4x4s.
So to answer your question; no, we shouldn't distinguish between fossil fuel burners and non. We need to use different criteria.
Sept. 18, 2018, 10:15 a.m. - Cooper Quinn
It makes sense to manage ebikes as most places with ebike legislation and policy are - as a separate user group. * They're not mountain bikes. * They're not dirt bikes. * They're ebikes. We're also seeing the rise of electric dirt bikes - using energy storage mechanisms (ie gas vs battery) as a way of defining ebikes isn't a great one. Carefully, legally, defining ebikes as their own group is important. Once formally defined, they can be managed just like every single other user group - "you can go here, but not here". Same as mountain bikes. And horses. And hikers. And 4x4s. So to answer your question; no, we shouldn't distinguish between fossil fuel burners and non. We need to use different criteria.