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Keizer council and bike-ped committee flag e-bike safety as growing concern; committee proposes new name, education campaign
Summary
A Traffic, Bikeway and Pedestrian Committee report flagged e-bike safety as a legal and enforcement challenge and recommended renaming the committee and pursuing an education campaign, signage and coordination with police and ODOT resources.
Members of the Keizer Traffic, Bikeway and Pedestrian Committee told the City Council on Sept. 2 that electric bikes are a growing safety problem on sidewalks, paths and some roadways and that the legal framework is inconsistent.
Committee member Hirsch Sangster said the group is recommending changing the committee's name to the Keizer Bicycle Pedestrian Traffic Safety Committee to keep bicyclists visible in the committee's identity and to emphasize pedestrian issues.…
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