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Residents raise safety concerns over fast e‑bikes on village trail
Summary
Residents said younger riders use e‑bikes at high speeds on the trail, raising collision risks for pedestrians and older users; trustees said enforcement options are limited and urged riders to use common sense while police patrols continue.
Residents told trustees they have observed e‑bikes traveling at what they estimated as 20–25 mph on the village trail, sometimes leaving the trail and crossing private yards and roads. Several speakers said the speed and behavior worry them because walkers, runners and children use the path.
Trustees said e‑bikes occupy a regulatory gap: they are not consistently classified as motorized vehicles for the village's trail rules and thus fall through enforcement cracks. The chair and other trustees urged residents to slow down and said officers can stop riders for unsafe operation when observed, but there is no blanket speed‑limit enforcement for non‑regulated e‑bikes.
The board discussed adding language or outreach to clarify trail expectations and said it would relay safety concerns to police patrols; no formal ordinance change was proposed at the meeting.
