Cycling into May, the Manatee County Board of County Commissioners is taking up a proposal to consider electric bike regulations.
An initial discussion was expected this week. The board’s agenda for a May 6 meeting includes a request from Commissioner Bob McCann, District 5, to discuss and possibly motion to instruct staff to create an ordinance regulating e-bikes and also e-scooters in public spaces.
“Residents have been informing us of dangerous situations that involve children riding around on electric bikes and scooters,” read a note for the agenda item. “There has been complaints of the bikes going through residential neighborhoods and terrorizing the residents. There have also been numerous accidents involving these bikes, making them completely unsafe.”…