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Big Dutch Cities Call for Powers to Ban E-Scooters, Fatbikes - DutchNews.nl
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The municipalities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht and Eindhoven are concerned about the rise of "large and fast electric vehicles that are often tuned up".
The traffic councilors of five major cities are calling on national politicians to take additional measures in traffic. They are criticizing the frenzy that is creating traffic on cycle paths due to the arrival of fat bikes, e-scooters, and other electric vehicles.
Five major cities want municipalities to be able to ban or remove fat bikes, electric cargo bikes, and mopeds from bike paths and onto the roadway. This should make traffic safer for pedestrians and cyclists. Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht, and Eindhoven wrote this in a letter to the Parliamentary Committee for Infrastructure and Water Management.
Biggest Dutch cities want to ban fatbikes, e-bikes, step scooters from bike lanes
The Netherlands’ five largest cities want the option to ban fatbikes, e-bikes, electric step scooters, and other electric vehicles from the bike paths. The varying sizes and speeds of vehicles on the bike paths endanger vulnerable road users, the cities’ aldermen wrote to parliament ahead of a debate on road safety on Thursday, the Telegraaf reports.
The government must do more to reduce the number of road casualties caused by e-scooters, fat bikes, and other electric vehicles. This is according to the aldermen responsible for these matters in a letter to the parliamentary committee responsible for the matter. They advocate, among other things, for a ban on e-scooters and for moving large cargo bikes onto the roadway. "The bike path must remain a safe place for all cyclists, not just the big…
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