A countywide crackdown on e-bikes continued this week as San Diego, Carlsbad and Escondido all took steps to reduce the soaring number of traumatic injuries on city streets in recent years.
On Tuesday, the city of San Diego voted to join a half dozen other San Diego County cities to ban children aged 11 or younger from riding e-bikes. Carlsbad, which has a ban and other rules in place, launched a new e-bike portal this week so the public can notify law enforcement about unsafe riding.
And on Wednesday, Escondido asked city staff to meet with community groups and collect more data so it could consider updating a policy governing bicycles, nonmotorized vehicles and mobility devices that was last changed in 2009…