<April 12, 2021>
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service is proposing a five-fold increase in the number of miles of trails open to certain electric bikes in the forests surrounding Lake Tahoe.
The proposal by the service’s Lake Basin Management Unit covering parts of six counties in California and Nevada would add 120 miles (193 kilometers) to the current 25 that allow such access, not including dirt roads, among the total 385 miles (619 km) of trails.
“This project is our effort at being proactive and managing e-bikes,” said Jacob Quinn, engineering technician for the unit.
Many of the public comments they’ve received are from users who are older or with various levels of mobility who say e-bikes have allowed them to continue recreating as their mobility has changed, he told the Reno Gazette Journal. A final decision should be made by the end of the year.
Backers of e-bikes at Tahoe told the newspaper the proposal is a step in the right direction, but doesn’t go far enough.
“The general sentiment with e-bikes is pretty polarized ...
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