Ebikes on frontcountry trails: Real-time insights from Helena’s popular non-motorized trail system
What You Might Have Missed:
- What are ebikes and what are the issues on non-motorized trails
- Examples of how other communities like Moab and Boise treat ebikes on developed, multi-jurisdictional trail systems
- Frontlines: How might ebikes fit into Helena’s popular multi-use, multi-jurisdictional trail system’s present, and future
- Management challenges and opportunities for BLM and USFS non-motorized trail systems as part of community trail systems like Helena’s
Helpful Resources:
- City of Helena Open Lands
- Prickly Pear Land Trust
- USFS Ebike Policy
- Motor Vehicle Use Map Helena-Lewis and Clark NF
- Bureau of Land Management
- Moab ebike guide
- Boise policy on ebikes
- Missoula use of “mobility assisted devices”
- Park City policy on ebikes; municipal code on non-motorized trail use
- USFS trends toward “balanced approach”
- People for Bikes Electric Bikes Resources
- Ebikes and Wildlife --National Wildlife Federation
- “Bears, Bikes, and a Battle over Access” Flathead Beacon
- IMBA eMTB Position
- American Hiking Society Position
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