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Residents and planners press Wilkes-Barre for e-bike rules, bike infrastructure and food-truck oversight
Summary
Speakers urged the council to adopt clearer rules and education for e-bikes and to implement bicycle infrastructure from a 2020 bike-ped study; food-truck operators were reported to be applying for permits and inspections.
Multiple speakers raised micro-mobility and related quality-of-life issues at the Sept. 25 Wilkes-Barre council meeting, urging clearer enforcement and implementation of bicycle and e-bike rules as well as oversight of food trucks and sidewalk vendors.
Tom Gagatak and Brian Ferry both raised safety concerns about e-bikes, including riders using sidewalks and riding in dark clothing without lights. “On the way up here, someone's coming down the middle of South Main…
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