{"id":16533,"date":"2018-01-30T16:25:27","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T00:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/?p=16533"},"modified":"2018-01-30T16:25:27","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T00:25:27","slug":"rise-popularity-electric-assist-bicycles-prompts-need-update-washington-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2018\/01\/30\/rise-popularity-electric-assist-bicycles-prompts-need-update-washington-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Rise in the popularity of electric-assist bicycles prompts need to update Washington laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Tomorrow, January 31, Senate and House Transportation committees will hear <a href=\"http:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/billsummary?BillNumber=6434&amp;Year=2017\">SB 6434<\/a> (Rolfes) and <a href=\"http:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/billsummary?BillNumber=2782&amp;Chamber=House&amp;Year=2017\">HB 2782<\/a> (Kilduff), these companion bills will update Washington\u2019s electric-assist bicycles laws.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16513 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4324-e1515619938978-300x400.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4324\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4324-e1515619938978-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4324-e1515619938978-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_4324-e1515619938978-525x700.jpg 525w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>An 85-year-old with diabetes; a woman who suffered a stroke; a young family living car-free. These are the types of people who are benefiting from the growing availability and improved technology of electric-assist bicycles. Now, Washington Bikes is leading efforts in Olympia to ensure people like them will be able to use their e-bikes on trails and on-street bike lanes.<\/p>\n<p>Newly introduced legislation clarifies the definition of electric-assist bicycles (e-bikes) and updates regulations to treat specific e-bikes more like traditional bicycles, allowing more types of users to enjoy the health benefits and accessibility that come with bicycling.<\/p>\n<p>The e-bike industry has taken off in recent years, with e-bike sales up more than 450% since 2013, according to The NPD Group. As the e-bike industry has been fast to innovate and grow, current state law pertaining to e-bikes is outdated. SB 6434\/HB 2782 will update Washington state e-bike laws to national standards and provide certainty for manufacturers, retailers, and consumers. Arkansas, California, Colorado and others have already implemented this legislative update.<\/p>\n<p>This legislation will ensure e-bike users can ride their bikes in safe and connected places. E-bikes are important for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aarp.org\/livable-communities\/getting-around\/info-2018\/e-bikes-energize-bicycling.html\">older adults<\/a>, family biking, people with disabilities and people who want to ride, but may feel intimidated by a traditional bike. By flattening hills and allowing for ease of pedaling, e-bikes increase accessibility to getting around by bicycle and the health benefits that come with!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s in the legislation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adoption of three-class system for e-bikes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16534 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/EbikesTable-400x223.png\" alt=\"EbikesTable\" width=\"400\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/EbikesTable-400x223.png 400w, https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/EbikesTable.png 521w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Class 1 and 2 e-bikes permitted on shared-use paths and bike lanes subject to local control. Class 3 e-bikes use on streets and paths within or adjacent to a highway subject to local and agency control.<\/li>\n<li>Require labeling of classification number and top-assisted speed on all e-bikes sold after July 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Do you have an e-biking story to share? <a href=\"http:\/\/p2a.co\/8alMweW\">We\u2019re collecting stories<\/a> like yours to demonstrate how e-bikes help more people \u2013 and more types of people \u2013 integrate biking into their lives.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow, January 31, Senate and House Transportation committees will hear SB 6434 (Rolfes) and HB [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Rise in the popularity of electric-assist bicycles prompts need to update Washington laws","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wa-bikes-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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