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Fayetteville advisory committee reviews crash reports, backs scooter ordinance change to match bicycles
Summary
The Fayetteville Active Transportation Advisory Committee reviewed six recent pedestrian/cyclist incidents, discussed hit-and-run and dusk collisions, and heard staff say a proposed ordinance change will align electric-scooter crosswalk rules with bicycle protections and eliminate a dismount requirement. Members raised enforcement and visibility concerns.
Chair David Criswell opened the Oct. 8 meeting with a police update on recent nonmotorist collisions across the city, including incidents at Dixon, Futrell, MLK, Sycamore and Steamboat.
Officer and staff presenters summarized six recent crashes, noting one dusk collision at Dixon where a left‑turning vehicle struck a westbound bicyclist and an incident at Sycamore/Leverett that the reporting party delayed documenting and later described as a hit-and-run…
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