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Mayor’s amendments narrow Charleston e-bike rules to a Daniel Island pilot and cut scooter top speed
Summary
The Traffic & Transportation Committee adopted an overhaul of Chapter 19 governing e-bikes, approving two amendments from the mayor: a Daniel Island-only pilot for shared-use path restrictions through year-end and reducing scooter top speed from 35 to 25 mph; sidewalk restrictions remain citywide.
The Traffic and Transportation Committee on Thursday approved an ordinance repealing and replacing portions of Chapter 19 of the City of Charleston code governing bicycles, e-bikes, mopeds and related vehicles, adopting two mayoral amendments that narrow part of the measure and tighten scooter speed limits.
The mayor moved to adopt the ordinance with two changes: limit shared-use path restrictions in the ordinance to Daniel Island as a pilot through the end of the calendar year so staff can collect data and develop enforcement metrics, and reduce the scooter top speed limit in the draft from 35 miles per hour to 25 miles per hour.…
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