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MASS.GOV SPECIAL COMMISSION ON MICROMOBILITY
The Special Commission on MIcromobility is charged with producing a study that includes a review and recommendations. CLICK HERE for details.
- A review of current state and local laws and regulations for micromobility vehicles;
- Recommendations to regulate micromobility vehicles, including on bike paths, sidewalks and shared use paths; and
- Recommendations to support the expansion of micromobility vehicle use and innovation including shared micromobility options for municipalities.
MassDOT Coming Events: CLICK HERE FOR CALENDAR. Please note the calendar includes Massachusetts Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board Meetings.
Visit this page to view recent Special Commission on Micromobility meetings. This includes recent meetings and Commission reports.
U.S. DEPT. OF ENERGY NOV. 18, 2024
FOTW #1369, November 18, 2024: E-Bikes Have the Highest Utilization Rate of Shared Micromobility Types in 2023
In North America, e-bikes had the highest utilization rate at 3.9 trips per bike per day.
THE NEW YORK TIMES, David Darlington, Dec. 7, 2025
e-BIKE DILEMMA: The Shocking Crash That Led One County to Reckon with the Dangers of e-Bikes. Unregulated e-Bikes are a growing danger on American Streets. In one Bay area town, a terrible accident finally led to reform.
E-BIKE DILEMMA: They’re helping to take cars off the road. But with inadequate regulation, pedestrians and riders – especially teenagers – are getting hurt.
BIKE BUSSES
The Guardian
The bicibús: how Barcelona got kids cycling safely to school – and loving it!
Boston Bike Bus: Find a Boston-area Bike Bus or Start Your Own
Cambridge Bicycle Safety: Bike Bus to School
COMMERCIAL BUSINESS AND BIKE LANES
Bloomberg. By Eric Jaffe March 13, 2015
An annotated, chart-filled review of 12 studies from around the world:
The Complete Business Case for Converting Street Parking Into Bike Lanes
Business Insider March 2024
Study after study proves it. So why do so many shops and restaurants still oppose better streets?
Bike lanes are good for business
SAFETY and HEALTH
Bloomberg. By Eric Jaffe November 10, 2015
To Prevent Harm to Cyclists: Infrastructure, not Helmets, Most Effective
Study: The Latest Evidence That Bike Helmet Laws Don’t Help Rider Safety – CityLab
London Cyclist
An RAF pilot teaches cyclists & motorists about being safe on the road:
What an RAF pilot can teach us about being safe on the road
U.S. Dept. of Transportation
Improving Safety for Walking, Biking or Rolling
Safe System Approach as the guiding paradigm to address road safety that includes:
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Safer People
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Safer Vehicles
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Safer Speeds
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Safer Roads, and
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Better Post-Crash Care
Tech News
Biking to work will make you happier, more trusting of your fellow humans and is less dangerous than driving to your overall mortality. 2015
Tech News: The Best Ways to Get to Work, According to Science
Kittleson and Associates, August 2024
Speed is a well-documented risk factor in severe crashes involving bicyclists. The chance of a bicyclist fatality doubles at vehicle speeds of 30 miles per hour and continues to increase exponentially with higher speeds. The National Transportation Safety Board’s 2019 report on Bicyclist Safety on U.S. Roadways: Crash Risks and Countermeasures, which analyzed 173,000 bicycle crashes involving motor vehicles, found that while 65 percent of bicyclist crashes occurred at intersections, more than half of bicyclist fatalities occurred at midblock locations.
FHWA Releases Separated Bike Lanes on Higher Speed Roadways: A Toolkit and Guide
BICYCLE FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES
The League of American Bicyclists
The Bike League’s Bicycle Friendly America℠ program provides advocates and change makers with a roadmap and hands-on assistance to build places more welcoming to people who bike. The BFA℠ program is a tool for states, communities, businesses, and universities to make bicycling a real transportation and recreation option for all people and it recognizes those doing it well.
LOCAL and NEWSWORTHY
Boston Globe Jan. 7, 2026
Brookline man who biked around the world praises ‘kindness of strangers’