City Council

17. Recommendation to request City Manager to work with all appropriate departments including City Attorney’s Office, Public Works, Parks, Recreation and Marine, Police Department, Fire Department, and Los Angeles County Department of Public Works (or other necessary party in LA County jurisdiction) to develop a public safety initiative and amendments to the Long Beach Municipal Code which would provide local safety regulations related to e-bike usage within the city’s public right-of-ways and the Los Angeles County river paths along the Long Beach city limits; This initiative is to outline clear operating rules which should include, but not be limited to: • Designated permissible and prohibited areas for e-bike use; • Speed limits; • Prohibition of unsafe riding behaviors such as operating an e-bike under the influence, multiple passengers, towing onto other vehicles, “flocking”, riding against the flow of traffic and/or in between vehicles; • Helmet use; • Age limits; • Safety trainings and public education programs to promote the safe use, maintenance, and storage of e-bikes; • Balanced enforcement tools and penalties; and Request City Manager return to City Council within 90 days with a memo and a staff presentation on recommendations for the proposed initiative to further deliberate and reach a consensus on e-bike safety regulations for City Attorney’s office to codify.