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Arizona’s e-bike laws are broken; cities can’t fix them alone

Marc Lamber

Submitted photo/Lamber Goodnow

OPINION — Electric bikes and scooters were once fringe transportation options. In Arizona’s urban cores, they are now everyday fixtures and increasingly a source of serious safety concern.

Cities across Arizona are responding the only way they can, by writing their own rules. Tempe is the latest to do so. That should be the moment Arizona steps in.

The problem starts with state law.

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