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City and school leaders back state action on e-motor vehicles as schools report safety and parking issues
Summary
City and school officials described two bills under consideration to define and regulate e-bikes and e-motorcycles (house and senate versions), urged education and local enforcement measures, and discussed limiting certain devices on school property to improve safety.
City and school officials used the linkage session to discuss a state-level response to a growing local safety concern: fast, motorized bicycles and e-motorcycles arriving on Mercer Island streets and school campuses.
Two bills and a work group: Officials referenced a preferred house bill being advanced at the state level (referred to in the session as HB 2374) and a senate companion (referred to as SB 6110). The house bill, as described by city staff, would adopt statewide technical definitions (separating e-bikes from higher-powered e-motor vehicles), provide tools for local enforcement and establish a stakeholder work group (police,…
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