{"id":222590,"date":"2026-06-18T20:51:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T20:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/222590\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T20:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T20:51:07","slug":"pennsylvania-lawmaker-proposes-bill-to-legalize-shared-electric-scooter-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/222590\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania lawmaker proposes bill to legalize shared electric scooter programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tElectric scooters are legal to sell in Pennsylvania but illegal to use on streets and public sidewalks, prompting a state lawmaker to push for a change.  State Rep. Emily Kinkead of Allegheny County plans to introduce a bill that would allow a type of shared scooter program.  &#8220;It&#8217;s built on a pilot program that was successful in Pittsburgh a couple of years ago,&#8221; Kinkead said.  The proposal would set speed limits and restrict scooters to roads and bike lanes.If passed, municipalities would help regulate these programs, and police would provide enforcement.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Electric scooters are legal to sell in Pennsylvania but illegal to use on streets and public sidewalks, prompting a state lawmaker to push for a change.  <\/p>\n<p>State Rep. Emily Kinkead of Allegheny County plans to introduce a bill that would allow a type of shared scooter program.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s built on a pilot program that was successful in Pittsburgh a couple of years ago,&#8221; Kinkead said.  <\/p>\n<p>The proposal would set speed limits and restrict scooters to roads and bike lanes.<\/p>\n<p>If passed, municipalities would help regulate these programs, and police would provide enforcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Electric scooters are legal to sell in Pennsylvania but illegal to use on streets and public sidewalks, prompting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[894,96819,96821,96822,28,30,29,67681,96820],"class_list":["post-222590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-allegheny-county","tag-electric-scooters","tag-illegal-to-use-on-streets-and-public-sidewalks","tag-legal-to-sell-in-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-state-lawmaker","tag-state-rep-emily-kinkead"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}