Originally Posted by
Bald Paul
"I don't think our streets and infrastructure are properly laid out for our rider safety."
It's a shame that an increase in crashes and serious injuries caused by some of the novice or irresponsible e-bike riders may just be the impetus for change. This is something that too many cyclists (not on e-bikes) have known for some time, but for some reason, it hasn't garnered the attention of lawmakers and road planners.
I just shudder to think of the knee-jerk laws that may be placed on the cycling community as a whole as a result. As they say, be careful what you wish for.
Paris has banned all rental stand-up scooters entirely. Laying streets out differently, altering infrastructure is simply not going to happen. Nor can it. Why not? Because your idea of what good layout looks like and a different engineers idea will always differ. The fact that there can never be consensus on anything, anywhere, creates gridlock.