Electric Bikes Are Emerging as Public Health Hazard

The Future of E-Bikes on Public Lands: How to Effectively Manage a ...

Are there effective programs to educate new users about operating e-bikes in public lands? ... of electric bicycle owners and implications for health, wellbeing ...

E-bikes show distinct pattern of severe injuries - Reuters

E-bikes and electric scooters are becoming increasingly popular in the United States, but the powered bikes carry a higher risk of severe ...

E-Bikes Present New Dangers

She says motorized bicycles are assumed to be just like bicycles and they are very different. Young, inexperienced operators of motorized bicycles often find ...

Safety of e-bikes compared to conventional bicycles: What role does ...

However, older female cyclists did have an elevated risk on EBs and sustained more severe injuries. Health-related factors such as the presence of morbid ...

Increasing Recreational Opportunities Through the Use of Electric ...

Also, unlike those latter vehicles, e-bikes do not emit exhaust that could impact air quality and the health of nearby users. Finally, a review ...

A push for public health: the effect of e-bikes on physical activity levels

... cycling is “erased” through a reduction in other physical activities (a substitution effect). In this paper we study the public health effects ...

Protecting Chinese e-bike users from road injuries and deaths

Road traffic injuries are a major public health problem and a leading cause of death and injury around the world. E-bike riders represent a significant ...

Electric Bikes and Health: Evidence Review Submitted by

in bike lanes are of particular concern where individuals riding conventional bicycles ... of a new electric vehicle, e-bike, bus pass. Page 5. 5.

The Health Benefits of Electric Bikes | PeopleForBikes

Again, they're also expensive. Since socioeconomic status is a known indicator of things like hypertension, heart disease, obesity and ...

Full article: Motivations and barriers to electric bike use in the U.S.

Ebike owners also report that their usage is often limited by weather conditions and lack of appropriate biking infrastructure, such as bike ...

E-Bike Laws at the Local Level: Considerations for Local Governments

Creating electric bike regulations such as placing age restrictions on who is able to ride e-bikes decreases the likelihood of children/teens endangering ...

E-cycling and health benefits: A systematic literature review with ...

All the included studies had a high risk of bias due to flaws in randomization. However, the outcomes investigated in most studies showed that E ...

Increasing Active Transportation Through E-Bike Use: Pilot Study ...

Conclusions: This pilot study suggests that e-bikes are an active form of transportation capable of providing much of the cardiovascular health ...

From cars to bikes – the feasibility and effect of using e-bikes ...

The present study aims to increase bicycling and level of physical activity (PA), and thereby promote health in parents of toddlers, by giving access to ...

E-bikes and urban transportation: Emerging issues and unresolved ...

However, due to the rapid increase of vehicles and the use of electric bikes (e-bikes) becoming increasingly popular in urban areas, the ...

ebike | Beach Cities Health District

In some instances, e-bike accidents can be as severe as motorcycle accidents. Furthermore, electronic bike-related injuries often involve a collision with a ...

Electric Bikes in North America: Results of an Online Survey

If so, this technology may result in more bike trips and longer bike trips and may increase the diversity of people bicycling, including people with ...

General Provisions; Electric Bicycles - Federal Register

Although the NPS acknowledges that the effects of noise on wildlife differ across taxonomic groups and that reactions to sound are different for ...

Safety Problems with E-Bikes, Banning PFAS, Improving Diagnostic ...

We also recommended that CPSC should adopt separate safety requirements for children's e-bikes because of the increased risk linked with younger users. Children ...

Electric bicycles (e-bikes) are an increasingly common pediatric ...

Conclusions: The rate of pediatric e-bike injuries increased over the study period. Compared to riders on pedal bicycles or mopeds, children on ...