Massachusetts legislators leading transportation policy are intent on addressing the rapid rise in recent years of “micromobility” devices — such as scooters and electric bikes — and their safety risks to riders and pedestrians.
Top state officials have grown increasingly concerned with the speedy, nimble devices and have called for a crackdown after a 13-year-old Stoneham boy was killed just before Thanksgiving. The boy and his electric dirt bike collided with a car.
The proliferation of delivery drivers on scooters and large, reckless groups of motorbike riders in cities has also driven calls for better transportation laws or enforcement…