Nashville Greenways are a hot commodity for runners, walkers, and bikers alike.
My quote (Tom Evans) to the ebike group has been precisely what Lindsey Ganson with Walk Bike Nashville told Fox17, “E-bikes just allow more people to bike! An e-bike rider just gets an extra boost to keep up -- not to speed down a greenway. Really, when it comes down to it, it’s not the type of bike, it’s the rider on the bike.”
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Last week, the Greenways and Open Space Commission met to discuss potentially proposing some regulation regarding e-bikes on greenways, but decided against it.
Ganson was at the recent commission meeting where the possibility of e-bike regulations was brought up. She is against it.
The commission did not propose any sort of regulation but instead recommended another study to be done. Metro Council Member Burkley Allen is on the Greenways Commission.
“This is just more data gathering. I don’t even know if we’d necessarily call it another study,” Allen said.
FOX 17 went to the city asking why another study is necessary.
In a statement from Metro Parks, it outlines the commission's recommendation to the department saying there is not enough information to say e-bikes are unsafe, but they want to collect more data before making any decision.
“There is not a documented concern about electric bikes being the biggest piece of the problem,” Allen said.
Allen says speed is the issue and a slow deliberate process of understanding e-bikes on Greenways is a good thing. “If there is a new tool that enables some people who otherwise might not have access to the Greenways to get out there who want to use that,” Allen said.
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