The City of Evanston is drafting an ordinance to comply with a state law taking effect Jan. 1 that will regulate who can use electric bikes and scooters, where they can be used and how fast they can go.
The Illinois law, signed by Gov. JB Pritzker in August, sets standards for high-speed e-bikes and other electric micromobility devices. Once the law takes effect, Illinois will have “uniform, statewide standards governing high-speed micromobility devices, replacing a patchwork of local ordinances and closing regulatory gaps that left some of the fastest and most powerful devices largely unregulated,” according to a news release from Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias…