Cary’s easygoing greenways have become the latest battleground in the electric bike boom, as town leaders weigh a crackdown on fast, reckless riding by teenagers after months of complaints from neighbors and trail users.
Residents say inexperienced teens on high-powered e-bikes are tearing through neighborhood streets and greenways, spooking walkers and runners and making shared spaces feel a lot less safe. Now town officials are debating whether education, enforcement or a new ordinance is the right tool to slow things down.
Police response and a neighborhood operation
Police have responded to more than 219 calls involving e-bikes since January 2025, according to ABC11. The volume of calls has put the issue firmly on town leaders’ radar.
In a post on his Mayor Weinbrecht’s blog, Mayor Harold Weinbrecht shared a police update describing a focused operation near the Morris Branch Greenway. Officers placed a camera trailer on Yates Store Road and executed a search warrant on April 26. Three e-bikes were seized, and two parents were cited, while the juvenile rider involved is expected to face traffic petitions.
What Cary leaders are weighing
On the policy side, the council is torn between leaning harder on education or on enforcement…