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akowz t1_iu0yrwm wrote

Reply to comment by dasuberblonde in When will anyone enforce riding in the street? by dorkishj

Electric bicycles traveling at or above the speed limit (as many do) should be in the street to begin with. Not in bike lanes.

The answer to this specific problem is not more bike lanes, but to treat the functional equivalent (at least in urban traffic) of motorcycles as motorcycles.

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bobroberts12345 t1_iu10rll wrote

I'm pro e-mobility but I agree that any electric micro-mobilty that can travel over 20mph should need some type of registration/regulation

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samwiseganja96 t1_iu1eibj wrote

The crazy thing is that they do. NJ has some of the most robust motorized bike laws in the country. Jersey city seriously drops the ball on this at every corner. I've tried to talk to James Solomon about it for the past 2 years and his response is always that they are working on it. 2 years ago he said they were working on a plan and that he would send me the details. I've reached out recently about it and he still doesn't have a plan.

The legal powers that would allow enhanced enforcement of bike laws in Jersey City are there. The laws exist and are robust. Yet Jersey City police doesn't want anything to do with it because of liabilities.

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