Folsom City Council members discussed proposed e-bike and e-conveyance ordinances on September 8, 2026, and directed staff to return with revisions. The proposal, which combines two ordinances first introduced in September, aims to curb reckless riding that has flooded local police with calls and left parks and playgrounds damaged.
The council had delayed formal action on the original pair of ordinances, instead directing city staff to merge the proposals and come back with revisions, according to the Sacramento Bee. The original proposals were sponsored by the Folsom Police Department and the Folsom Parks and Recreation Department. The ordinance covers what the city calls “e-conveyances” — a broad category spanning e-bikes, e-scooters, motorized bicycles, electric motorcycles and other electrically powered devices.
Behavior the Ordinance Would Target
The rules would prohibit stunt and trick riding, including wheelies and acrobatic tricks, along with swerving around traffic and carrying passengers without a proper seat. Earlier reporting from the City of Folsom described the same behaviors — stunts, unauthorized passengers, failing to yield to pedestrians, handheld-phone use while riding and disregarding posted signs — as central to the original proposals presented in September.
The measure would reinforce the existing 15-mph speed limit on city bicycle paths, a limit the city’s own guidance already asks riders to follow on its bike-trail network, per Folsom’s police department.
Parks, Playgrounds and a Softer Touch on Access
City officials have reported that playgrounds and sports courts or fields have been damaged by the devices, and the ordinance would prohibit e-conveyances in those spaces as well as in landscaped or unpaved areas adjacent to bicycle paths. Folsom Parks and Recreation has spent more than $37,000 over six months repairing damage attributed to improper e-bike use, according to the Folsom Times…