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Thursday, August 20, 2020

Some E-Bikes Approved For Boards In 4-3 Vote

OCEAN CITY — A clearly divided Mayor and Council this week voted to approve the use of certain electric bikes, or e-bikes, on the Boardwalk and not others after considerable debate.

With the increasing popularity of e-bikes in and around the resort area, the Mayor and Council earlier this year charged the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee to review the town code and see if and where they fit in to the ordinance covering bicycles, scooters, mopeds and other two-wheeled vehicles. During his review of last week’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee meeting, Councilman Tony DeLuca said the committee worked with the Ocean City Police Department and the owner of a bike rental shop to determine there are different classes of e-bikes, each with their own capabilities regarding speed, for example.

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7 comments:

Shamika of Section 8 in Da Bury said...

I feels we should haves a BLM night for us on the boards

like, let us dance with some good music on the boards

how bout dat ?

Anonymous said...

Great. Now they will find electric bikes all over OC. WATCH!!

Anonymous said...

What is it? I’m not going to look it up because that defeats the purpose of community blog

Anonymous said...

Just the beginning of shutting down “e wheelchairs” until they can be taxed.

Anonymous said...

E bikes Rickie? Ok on the boardwalk (a word that includes WALK in it for a reason), really??

- what's the plan for the remainder of the fiscal/budget year since the season went POOF?

- lack of revenue coming in means cuts are needed to balance

- talk about voting in Nov so we old folks will now ahead of time rather than listening to rumors

- need solutions to challenges that face our city, not bitching about e bikes... You all look silly on television each and every week

- many of u better be planning for retirement or another career.

E bikes? Really?

Anonymous said...

What a stupid idea! For many reasons

Anonymous said...

The should prohibit cars from the rt 50 bridge to the inlet