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Residents urge action on speeding e‑bikes and long‑delayed median trees during council public comment
Summary
Two residents raised safety concerns about high‑speed e‑bikes and motorbikes on local streets and trails and asked the city to replace median trees that were promised nearly two decades ago; police noted increasing complaints about e‑bikes and are planning education and enforcement actions.
At the opening public‑comment period, resident Linda Shulman urged the council to address what she called dangerous motorbike and e‑bike activity in the Highlands neighborhood and on local trails, saying the riders “are just on the verge of having an accident” around young children and older pedestrians. Shulman also raised a separate long‑standing maintenance issue: a promise to plant replacement trees on the medians between 29th and 30th that residents say was made about 18 years ago but not fulfilled.
Later in the meeting police reported rising complaints about e‑bikes and electric motorcycles, explained those incidents are tracked differently from motor‑vehicle collisions and said officers are meeting representatives and exploring legislative avenues. The police representative said confiscations have occurred under new local ordinance changes but cautioned enforcement is sometimes limited when individuals flee on two‑wheeled vehicles; deputies urged residents to call 911 for active incidents rather than pursue riders.
