Ebike legal on Calgary Pathways
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LockH
1 PW
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Hehe... Hiya. Ontario here. Where stuff gets "murky" maybe is on paths, etc that are NOT considered a provincial "road". Like in a park maybe, for example. Then petty bureaucrats get to make up their own rules. It's said that "money makes the world go `round"? But I'm pretty sure fear and ignorance are right up there on the list of peoples "concerns".
When I first started living better electrically (for transportation, by using a tiny stand up kick scooter with "extra kick" via electric motor and batteries that I rode for thousands of miles all over town - Toronto) my "problem" was I was actually living in a park (the Toronto Islands) at that time.
And while my Island neighbors all told me my scooter seemed "great", "eco-friendly", etc. my EV world came crashing down one day when the City of Toronto employee responsible for the Island park told me my scooter was no longer welcome on the islands (where I lived). That there had been "concerns" expressed by some (unnamed) citizens.
(BTW, Municipal Code #608 here refers to lots of stuff but the nearest I can figure bans "Motorized Recreational Vehicles". There was NO WAY that tiny scooter was "recreational" for me as I used it to travel for work and for shopping and visiting...)
My 2 cents? If you are tapping about a ebike that "looks like a bike" and don't ruffle any feathers while in operation I say go for it.
Hehe... Hiya. Ontario here. Where stuff gets "murky" maybe is on paths, etc that are NOT considered a provincial "road". Like in a park maybe, for example. Then petty bureaucrats get to make up their own rules. It's said that "money makes the world go `round"? But I'm pretty sure fear and ignorance are right up there on the list of peoples "concerns".
When I first started living better electrically (for transportation, by using a tiny stand up kick scooter with "extra kick" via electric motor and batteries that I rode for thousands of miles all over town - Toronto) my "problem" was I was actually living in a park (the Toronto Islands) at that time.
And while my Island neighbors all told me my scooter seemed "great", "eco-friendly", etc. my EV world came crashing down one day when the City of Toronto employee responsible for the Island park told me my scooter was no longer welcome on the islands (where I lived). That there had been "concerns" expressed by some (unnamed) citizens.
(BTW, Municipal Code #608 here refers to lots of stuff but the nearest I can figure bans "Motorized Recreational Vehicles". There was NO WAY that tiny scooter was "recreational" for me as I used it to travel for work and for shopping and visiting...)
My 2 cents? If you are tapping about a ebike that "looks like a bike" and don't ruffle any feathers while in operation I say go for it.
dogman dan
1 PW
It can come down to individual pathways being under city or town law, or private rules like on a college campus that is private property.
To see about the larger picture, look up your motor vehicle laws for the province.
Then ignore it all, and ride like a gentleman, and you can likely use the trails. If you look like a regular bike, that is.
That's the way it works for me. All the multi use trails posted no motors. I ride them all the time and cops just ignore me when I'm seen. A few stupid people have confronted me, but never law enforcement. Those confronting me objected to ALL bicycles btw.
To see about the larger picture, look up your motor vehicle laws for the province.
Then ignore it all, and ride like a gentleman, and you can likely use the trails. If you look like a regular bike, that is.
That's the way it works for me. All the multi use trails posted no motors. I ride them all the time and cops just ignore me when I'm seen. A few stupid people have confronted me, but never law enforcement. Those confronting me objected to ALL bicycles btw.
