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Commission backs letter asking council to draft youth e-bike restriction under AB 22 34
Summary
After a data-driven presentation on rising pediatric e-bike trauma from local hospitals, the commission voted to draft and forward a letter recommending the City Council draft an ordinance under AB 22 34 to prohibit class 1 and 2 e-bike operation by children under 12, with an education-first approach and a warning period before enforcement.
Commissioner Paul Templin presented data at the March 9 MTSC meeting showing a recent increase in pediatric e-bike traumas and urged the commission to recommend a local ordinance aligned with AB 22 34 that would prohibit operation of class 1 and 2 e-bikes by children under 12.
Templin cited hospital-supplied figures showing a jump in pediatric trauma cases involving e-bikes: "There was this huge jump year over year from '22 to '23... it went from 14 trauma cases to 74," he said, citing Rady Children's…
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