{"id":56674,"date":"2025-12-09T23:26:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T23:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/56674\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T23:26:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T23:26:18","slug":"crestview-city-council-approves-first-reading-e-bike-and-scooter-ordinance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/56674\/","title":{"rendered":"Crestview City Council approves first-reading E-Bike and Scooter ordinance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Riders would be required to wear helmets, yield to pedestrians, use lights that meet state standards and avoid careless behaviors such as weaving through traffic or using a cellphone while operating a device.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The ordinance also allows micromobility devices on sidewalks, trails and bike lanes when operated at mindful speeds. However, it imposes new restrictions downtown: e-bikes, e-scooters and other motorized devices would be prohibited on sidewalks in the city\u2019s core, expanding an existing ban on skateboards and roller blades. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>City staff said the change is intended to protect the newly completed Main Street streetscape and reduce pedestrian safety risks.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Parking rules set minimum clearances, prohibit blocking access ramps or fire hydrants, and require devices to be parked upright using a kickstand. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Abandoned devices left on public property for a week or longer may be removed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Riders would be required to wear helmets, yield to pedestrians, use lights that meet state standards and avoid&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56675,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":{"0":"post-56674","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reading","8":"tag-reading-city","9":"tag-reading-city-headlines","10":"tag-reading-city-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56674","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=56674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}