The outcome was not in doubt — but a final vote to ban e-bikes and e-scooters received a rousing round of applause nonetheless.
Key Biscayne – 87 weeks after a fatality that shocked the island — made the restrictions permanent on Tuesday. The Village Council, sometimes known for its indecisiveness, stuck to the ban even as lawmakers in Tallahassee gave them an out, and as the use of micromobility devices is becoming a more popular mode of transportation every day.
For much of 2023, the Council sought approaches other than regulation, even as injuries mounted. But the elected leaders followed the lead of Village Manager Steve Williamson, who sided with his police chief that a ban would be dangerous because it would send young riders onto busy Crandon Boulevard – a county road – that was not under the Village’s direct control…