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Advisory board approves e-bike ordinance package, adds 750-watt limit and helmet rules
Summary
The Grand Island Traffic Safety Advisory Board voted to advance a package of e-bike rules — including a 750-watt cap, helmet and reflective-clothing requirements and dusk-to-dawn language — for legal review and public hearing after a presentation by a regional e-bike retailer.
The Grand Island Traffic Safety Advisory Board voted April 14 to advance a package of local e-bike rules that adds a 750-watt power limit, helmet and reflective-clothing requirements and dusk-to-dawn language to be sent to the town attorney and other advisory boards for review.
Jim Castello, sales director at Burt's Bikes, told the board that state law treats bicycles with motors of 750 watts or less as bicycles and that class 1 and 2 e-bikes commonly top out near…
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