{"id":437567,"date":"2026-08-19T19:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T19:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/437567\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T19:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T19:36:09","slug":"fresno-states-motorized-scooter-ban-now-in-effect-as-fall-semester-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/437567\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno State&#8217;s motorized scooter ban now in effect as fall semester begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KFSN logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/origin-kfsn.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, August 19, 2026 6:18PM<\/p>\n<p>A motorized scooter ban starts Wednesday at Fresno State on what is also the first day of the fall semester.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; A motorized scooter ban starts Wednesday at Fresno State on what is also the first day of the fall semester.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">This includes the use of electric scooters, bikes and skateboards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">School officials say the goal is to minimize risks on campus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Vehicles found in use on campus will be confiscated by Traffic Operations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">ADA vehicles are exempt from the ban.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Non-motorized scooters, bikes and skateboards are also still allowed on campus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Before announcing the ban, the university introduced &#8220;wheels off&#8221; zones, along with red paint and signage to mark high-traffic areas where riders are required to walk.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wednesday, August 19, 2026 6:18PM A motorized scooter ban starts Wednesday at Fresno State on what is also&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":437568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[173605,122334,112,114,113,742,173604,173603,294],"class_list":["post-437567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-173605","tag-fall-semester","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-fresno-state","tag-motorized-vehicles","tag-scooter-ban","tag-timely"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}