e-Bike Safety Advocates
~~ an e-Bike Safety Awareness Portal ~~
e-Bike Safety Related Issues Soaring on Bike Paths
Denver recently added 10,000 new e-Bikes to city bike paths with their Fall 2024 voucher program. That’s just a small part of the 2+ million
new e-Bikes projected to be sold in the US last year. Up from 1.1 million in 2022. e-Bike sales and popularity in areas like Front Range of Colorado show no signs of slowing. Worldwide e-Bike sales are off the charts and projected to continue to grow.
As the number of people using our multi-use paths increases, so do the hazards associated with adding volumes of new riders daily. We all share the same 8′ wide paths that were not designed for motorized traffic.
Most front range cities (including Denver, Boulder and Ft. Collins) reported 5 or less e-Bike related crashes in 2022. Those are the crashes that got reported. Most regular users of bike paths know that there are many more ‘near misses’ and un-reported crashes happening between e-Bikes, Acoustic Bikes, pedestrians and e-devices.
e-Bike Safety Advocates (eSA) offers an e-Bike Safety Interactive Sign Program that helps address this vital need. The graffiti-proof outdoor signage comes with a safety message and a QR based reporting tool that provides instant access to:
- Creates an Opt-in list of people that actually use their bike paths
Up-to-Date Bike Path Maps
Views of current trails in your area and beyond (separate from Google Maps view).
Restricted e-Bike Paths
Up-to-date maps showing where you cannot ride your e-Bike.
Report an Incident
Ability to report crashes and “near misses” that you experience.
Our integrated system also provides communities with baseline documentation for e-Bike safety in case of lawsuits that arise from private individuals suing communities over negligence to maintain safety for crashes on their over public trails.
We’ve created an e-Bike 201: Safety Training & Riding skills course that is designed to provide new and inexperienced e-Bikers an opportunity to learn by doing. The 3-part course includes an educational component, a practice course and then live bike path riding with instructors. We focus on teaching best practices for safe and considerate e-Biking when sharing a multi-use path with many others. Upon competition, “advocates” will receive a certificate to share with friends and family.
This portal is dedicated to raising awareness about e-Bike Safety, Etiquette and related safety tools/products/organizations tips.
Please contact us with your comments and suggestions.
A.S.K.
Announce Yourself
~~ when approaching from behind
~~ Ring bell or say “on your left/right”
Signal Turns
~~ To Let Others know
~~ Left arm/left turns, Right arm/right turns
Kindness Matters
~~ We all share the same path
~~ 15 MPH Max speed limit
