Tag: e-bikes
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As e-bike talks intensify in Colorado Springs, here’s a look at what other places are doing around the state
In 2015, Mary Ann Bonnell and her Jeffco Open Space team thought to bring an unusual presentation to an annual conference of local land managers around Colorado. Bonnell would speak on electric bikes, or e-bikes as they were becoming known. “We had little to no interest. I think 11 people showed up,” Bonnell recalls. “Very…
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E-scooters in Colorado Springs open spaces? Proposed policy would allow
While the debate continues over allowing e-bikes on city-owned trails in Colorado Springs — and the legal and appropriate ways to do that in well-regarded nonmotorized parks and open spaces — another electric-powered device has so far skirted around the conversation. E-scooters were “a curveball,” said Susan Davies, executive director of the Trails and Open…
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Colorado Springs e-bike policy proposal criticized
At a Colorado Springs Parks Board meeting Thursday, opposition mounted against a proposal that would legalize electric-powered bikes on city-owned trails where other bikes are allowed. “Laughable” was one critique. The proposal, backed by Mayor Yemi Mobolade, was first presented last week as the next step in the city’s controversial, yearslong effort to address the…
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Proposed policy would expand access for e-bikes, e-scooters on Colorado Springs trails
Colorado Springs officials have proposed a policy that would expand legal access for electric bikes across city-owned parks and open spaces. Presented Wednesday to the city’s Trails, Open Space and Parks (TOPS) working committee — the board overseeing the 27-year-old fund collecting sales tax revenues for parkland — the proposal represents but the next point…
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Colorado Springs officials present survey results on e-bikes as debate continues
Colorado Springs officials have found public support for expanding electric bike access on city-owned trails. Though, that’s not broad support — around 60%, according to survey results parks department leaders recently presented to the city’s Trails, Open Space and Parks (TOPS) working committee. Of 3,804 responses collected from an online survey from June 14-Aug. 4, 60%…
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Share the trail with an e-bike | Trail Talk
It amuses my daughter when I tell her about rotary phones, party lines and other childhood/young adult realities of an ancient age. She was surprised to learn that bicycles led to the improvement of roads and were actually the parent of the car. (I’m not old enough to remember that transition but my great-grandparents were.)…
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Survey is next step toward decision on e-bikes in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs parks officials are taking next steps toward a long-awaited decision on electric-powered bikes’ legal fate on city-owned trails. A decision has been in limbo since 2021, when the city parks department announced allowing e-bikes on all trails where other bikes were allowed in what was to be a year-long review period. The pilot…
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Task force to discuss future of e-bikes on Colorado Springs trails
Talks are about to begin in the Colorado Springs parks department’s stalled effort to decide on electric-powered bikes’ legal place, or lack thereof, on city-owned trails. Lonna Thelen, who manages the city’s Trails, Open Space and Parks (TOPS) program, recently told the parks board of upcoming task force meetings intended to determine a new policy…
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E-bike talk in Colorado Springs turns to motors on non-motorized trails
Legalese has taken center stage in the debate regarding electric bikes on Colorado Springs trails. In the latest Trails, Open Space and Parks (TOPS) meeting, members of the city committee heard disputes over federal and state definitions of the technology and local laws pertaining to non-motorized trails. The 1997 voter-approved TOPS ordinance, directing portions of…
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LIFE | How do e-bikes work?
Outdoor enthusiast Kent Drummond explains the different kinds of e-bikes, how they work, and how they’re allowing the activity to become more accessible. (Video by Katie Klann)