With both sides adamant about what they believe in, the controversy is far from a resolution.
"No bikes on trail" sign in Castle Rock State Park, Santa Cruz Mountains, Calif.Bay Area officials are debating policy on e-bikes for several Bay Area preserves, and the furor is opening a divide over what is fair use in our open spaces and who gets to decide.
In a survey that Midpeninsula sent out to four local equestrian groups, 70% of respondents opposed access for e-bikes, likely a result of conflicts with bicycles as 78% of respondents reported a related incident having occurred previously. “I would really like to see no motorized bikes on bike trails,” Delarosa said. “Unfortunately, I think it’s bad enough with pedaling. But when you get a motor involved, it’s worse.”
She believes that the animosity towards the bikes is a matter of circumstance rather than substance: “People are afraid of change. And especially because of COVID, there were just so many people on the trail in general at the same time e-bikes came out. So it’s just bad timing for e-bikes. It’s good for their sales, but it’s not good for the perception.”
This was a common theme that came up when speaking to equestrians, who viewed the greatest safety threat as not the e-bikes themselves, but rather the lack of barriers that they have, leading to a set of riders unaware of their surroundings.
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