"Sadly, an accident [collision] did happen on the first day of school, Tuesday, Aug. 5, when a seventh-grader at Pacific Grove Middle School riding an electric scooter was hit by a car on his way to school.” @pammarino, #MontereyCountyNow
https://www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/opinion_blog/there-s-no-law-barring-kids-from-riding-e-scooters-and-e-bikes-but-there/article_f8757c85-e8c3-4728-8377-181d101f2a4a.html

And ICYMI, see our e-bike tips in https://bikemonterey.org/resources/resources-on-riding-skills-bike-laws-and-safety, including "Consumer Advisory: Is it an e-bike—or something else,” and a Dec 2024 statement from #CalBike, Bicycling Monterey, and other California bicycle advocates: https://bikemonterey.org/california-bicycle-advocates-call-on-elected-leaders-to-protect-e-bike-riders.html

#CalBike #MontereyCounty #TrafficSafety #eScooter #ElectricMotorcycles #ebikes #eMotorcycles

From @bikemonterey

Consumer Advisory: Is it an e-bike—or something else?

Heads-up to Californians who are shopping for a legitimate e-bike. Be careful not to be misled by a seller who may be falsely advertising or promoting other products, e.g., electric motorcycles, as e-bikes.

https://bikemonterey.org/consumer-advisory-is-it-an-e-bike-or-something-else.html

#ebikes #emotorcycles #BikeTooter #safety

"There's no four-way stop. We're on the corner of the district office, and there's not a school #crosswalk here. There's three hills where people #speed down. We don't have #SpeedBumps. It's just, it's a dangerous intersection.” https://www.ksbw.com/article/pacific-grove-student-injured-scooter-crash/65608797

Also see our post "Consumer Advisory: Is it an e-bike—or something else?” in https://bikemonterey.org/resources/resources-on-riding-skills-bike-laws-and-safety

#SchoolZones #TrafficCalming #TrafficSafety #SlowSpeedsSaveLives #eScooter #ElectricMotorcycles #ebikes #eMotorcycles #School #BackToSchool

#MontereyCounty #PacificGrove

Note the #KION headline mistakenly refers to the device as an “ebike" ("Police seize juvenile’s Talaria electric bike after brief chase”), reinforcing mistaken perceptions about ebikes. If people read past the headline, they’ll see in the short story itself a reference to "illegal electric motorcycles.”

"According to police, electric motorcycles like Sur Ron's and Talaria's are not street legal or safe and can have motors that exceed 6,000 watts, which is more than the legal 750 watts.

"'This Talaria was modified to reach speeds more double the stock limit,' said police.” https://kion546.com/news/santa-cruz-county/capitola/2025/01/06/police-seize-juveniles-talaria-electric-bike-after-brief-chase/

ICYMI, see related stmt from #California #Bicycle Coalition and other #ActiveTransport advocates, "California Bicycle Advocates Call on Elected Leaders to Protect E-Bike Riders by Curbing Illegal Electric Motorcycles": https://bikemonterey.org/california-bicycle-advocates-call-on-elected-leaders-to-protect-e-bike-riders.html.

#MontereyBay #Capitola #SantaCruzCounty #CalBike #ebikes #emotorcycles #ebike #ElectricMotorcycles #Media #Journalism #Journalists #WordsMatter #vocabulary #accuracy

#EO12 temporarily modified the rates of import duty on #EVs, including their parts, from between 5 percent and 30 percent to zero percent until 2028.

The tweaked EO 12 also covers hybrid and plug-in hybrid #jeepneys, #buses, #cars, #trucks, #Emotorcycles, #Ebicycles as well as completely knocked down EVs for all types of vehicles. #Philippines

Marcos okays #ZeroTariff for hybrid e-vehicles
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1941537/marcos-okays-zero-tariff-for-hybrid-e-vehicles

Exciting to see yet another report using @movingpandas

Using data from #BatterySwapping #eMotorcycles in #Nairobi to assess impacts and plan infrastructure

https://p4gpartnerships.org/sites/default/files/2023-06/341%20IMP%20Energy%20futures%20ChargeUp_Data%20Swap_White%20paper_AC2.pdf

#mobility #MobilityAnalytics #ev #electric #movementdata #gischat #greenmobility #SustainableMobility

https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/06/19/news/pcapi-on-shift-to-evs-less-air-pollution-boon-to-public-health/1896798

"... The Department of Energy plans to roll out 2,454,200 EVs... cars, tricycles, motorcycles and buses... install 65,000 charging stations nationwide by 2028 to speed up the shift to #ElectricVehicles... #Malacañang issued Executive Order No. 12 series of 2023 granting tax incentives to #EVs but excluding #eMotorcycles. Various groups have urged the government to amend the order and make it more inclusive to cover e-motorcycles." 🤔

#Philippines #news