In Switzerland, any bike that is ridden on the roads requires a sticker. That sticker provides a form of insurance coverage, but it also gives a bit back to the roads. Your sticker idea for e-bikes is good, but wouldn't be considered 'fair'. However, I'd just say take it one step further and make that sticker mandatory for all bikes in a given trail network. Call it $30. Still cheaper even than a day of XC skiing, let alone downhill, and I think most riders would gladly pay $30 annually to ride in several trail networks. There'd be some grumbling at first but not once the money started showing up in the form of more trail maintenance and bigger budgets for trail associations.
April 27, 2020, 7:29 a.m. - Pete Roggeman
In Switzerland, any bike that is ridden on the roads requires a sticker. That sticker provides a form of insurance coverage, but it also gives a bit back to the roads. Your sticker idea for e-bikes is good, but wouldn't be considered 'fair'. However, I'd just say take it one step further and make that sticker mandatory for all bikes in a given trail network. Call it $30. Still cheaper even than a day of XC skiing, let alone downhill, and I think most riders would gladly pay $30 annually to ride in several trail networks. There'd be some grumbling at first but not once the money started showing up in the form of more trail maintenance and bigger budgets for trail associations.