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PitCo to reiterate e-bike ban

Elizabeth Stewart-Severy
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Aspen Public Radio

The Pitkin County Board of Commissioners will consider an emergency resolution today that confirms a ban on electric bikes.

 

State legislation goes into effect on Wednesday that will allow e-bikes on pedestrian paths — unless a local jurisdiction says otherwise. Pitkin County says otherwise, for now.

The emergency resolution clarifies a current moratorium on e-bikes on pedestrian and bike paths in the county, including the Rio Grande Trail, among others. Assistant county attorney Laura Makar said the resolution will be in place while the county continues to study where e-bikes might be appropriate.

Commissioners are scheduled to discuss the resolution at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday at the Pitkin County Library.

 

Aspen native Elizabeth Stewart-Severy is excited to be making a return to both the Red Brick, where she attended kindergarten, and the field of journalism. She has spent her entire life playing in the mountains and rivers around Aspen, and is thrilled to be reporting about all things environmental in this special place. She attended the University of Colorado with a Boettcher Scholarship, and graduated as the top student from the School of Journalism in 2006. Her lifelong love of hockey lead to a stint working for the Colorado Avalanche, and she still plays in local leagues and coaches the Aspen Junior Hockey U-19 girls.
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