REMARKS
Council member's concerns about reckless e-bike and moped usage
1:30:24
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Council Member Brooks-Powers expresses concerns about the lack of regulation for e-bikes and mopeds, emphasizing the need for action to address safety issues.
- Brooks-Powers stresses that inaction is not a solution and that some form of regulation is necessary
- She shares personal observations of reckless behavior by e-bike and moped users
- The Council Member calls for a data-driven approach to find the best solution for public safety
- Brooks-Powers suggests that the proposed task force could help look at the issue holistically
Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
1:30:24
said that this is Inaction is not the solution either.
1:30:27
We have to do something to to be able to regulate a new mode of transportation.
1:30:33
We can't just have it just recklessly.
1:30:35
There are times where I'm driving and I'm observing, them run through red lights, stop signs.
1:30:42
I've only almost been knocked over by a moped walking out of my office on the sidewalk.
1:30:47
This is something that we cannot not do something.
1:30:50
What that path is, I think the task force will help to look at it more holistically to take all sides into account, but I don't think approaching it with just saying because it sounds to me like it's saying, like, not to do anything.
1:31:05
That's why I need to understand the data.
1:31:06
What is the data saying?
1:31:08
What are the numbers saying?
1:31:09
Because I think there's a lot of emotion around this topic on both sides, but we have to look at this objectively in terms of what's in the best interest for public safety as it pertains to our transportation means.
1:31:22
So I just wanna state that, but if we could get the answers to the the council member's questions, I would greatly appreciate that.
1:31:29
And council member Mamarata, if you could continue.
