Originally Posted by InTheRain

I'm not sure why you would single out e-bikes. There are way more people riding non e-bikes, walking, jogging/running, dog-walking, riding skateboards, and rollerskating on MUP's that are doing so unsafely than those on e-bikes. Based on percentages that I have seen on the MUP that I use... e-bikes would be the last users you would worry about. In fact, In 8 years of commuting on the MUP I have only seen an e-bike other than mine, one time - and it was being operated safely.

I think there is a huge misconception out there about e-bike riders. Most people seem to believe that the e-bike is the first bicycle ever ridden by an e-biker. I'm pretty sure that nearly every e-bike rider has ridden a regular bicycle before he/she ever climbed on an e-bike. Not only that, most e-bike riders have probably been riding regular bikes for a long, long time. Before I ever climbed on an e-bike I had already been riding a touring bike and road bike 5000+ miles every year for the prior seven years. I continue to ride my road bike for several thousand miles every year even though I commute on my e-bike. So, I'm well aware of bicycle etiquette and safety on an MUP. I'd dare say that I use my commuting MUP more than 95 percent of the people that use it during the year. So really, when I'm on the MUP... believe me - it's me tolerating the risky and unsafe behavior displayed by the other types of users... not those on an e-bike.