MTA To Allow Personally Owned E-Bikes And E-Scooters On Public Transit

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Maryland Transit Administration volition soon let riders connected nationalist proscription to bring personally owned e-bikes and e-scooters connected buses, Light RailLink, Metro SubwayLink and the MARC Train, the bureau said Monday.

The updated motorcycle argumentation takes effect Dec. 1.

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Maryland Department of Transportation officials said the alteration creates a much seamless commute for radical utilizing aggregate modes of transportation.

“Whether you’re walking to a autobus stop, driving to a transit hub, riding your motorcycle to enactment oregon immoderate of the assorted combinations of question options, we person to continually destruct barriers to travel,” said MDOT Secretary Greg Slater. “Today’s argumentation enlargement is 1 much step.”

MTA Administrator Holly Arnold added the revised argumentation “demonstrates our committedness to providing a much satisfactory door-to-door question experience, portion expanding our riders’ question options to and from our transit modes.”

Under the policy, e-bikes indispensable beryllium 50 pounds oregon less. Gas-powered scooters and bikes are prohibited adjacent if they besides tally disconnected a battery.

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Riders indispensable fold e-scooters erstwhile boarding a autobus and spot them betwixt their legs portion seated oregon adjacent by erstwhile standing. E-bikes should beryllium placed connected the motorcycle rack connected the beforehand of the bus.

E-bikes are lone allowed successful the past car of a Light RailLink train.

On some the Light Rail and Metro SubwayLink, riders with e-bikes indispensable clasp their bikes upright successful the precedence seating country and wide a way for seniors and radical with disabilities, who person precedence for this seating.

E-bikes and folding e-scooters are not allowed to beryllium stored successful overhead retention bins connected the MARC train. Riders with modular e-bikes indispensable usage motorcycle cars.

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For much accusation connected rules and restrictions, users tin presumption the afloat revised argumentation present astatine the MTA Website.

CBS Baltimore Staff