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Committee supports revising Fayetteville e‑scooter crosswalk rule; proposal headed to transportation committee
Summary
Staff proposed aligning the city's e‑scooter crosswalk language with the bicycle code so riders may remain mounted when operating safely; the Active Transportation Advisory Committee moved and seconded support to forward the draft ordinance to the transportation committee.
City staff reviewed the existing bicycle and electric‑scooter language and proposed changing the e‑scooter crosswalk rule so that properly defined scooters would be treated like bicycles at crosswalks rather than being required to dismount.
Staff explained that the current local ordinance — carried over from earlier state wording — requires a person operating an electric scooter in a pedestrian…
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