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Commissioners urge reporting and planning as electric bikes, scooters damage park turf and raise safety concerns

Parks and Recreation Commission · November 5, 2025
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Summary

Commissioners and meeting participants reported incidents of electric bikes and motorized devices riding on turf, doing jumps and creating safety risks; they encouraged residents to report active incidents to non-emergency dispatch and proposed tying park safety into the multimodal transportation plan.

Commissioners and meeting participants said groups of riders using electric bikes and other motorized devices have damaged turf in parks and sometimes ride at high speeds near pedestrians.

Speakers described recent instances at JDM and other parks where riders performed jumps that formed craters in…

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