E Bike and E Scooter

Trail Etiquette

Slow Down

• Reducing your speed ensures you have time to react to unexpected situations

Yield to Slower Trail Users

• Yield to pedestrians and give them the right of way.

Call Out When Passing

• Use hand signals to indicate turns or stops, allowing drivers and pedestrians to anticipate your movements.
• Use bells or vocal cues when passing fellow cyclists or pedestrians. Remember, you may need to call out more than once to be heard!

Ride at a Safe and Controlled Speed

• Slow down in areas with heavy pedestrian traffic, limited visibility, or confined areas like an underpass.
• If using an e-bike or e-scooter, use the appropriate power assist levels to maintain control and adapt to the surrounding environment.

Wear a Helmet

• Always wear a properly fitted helmet to protect your head in case of an accident.

Stay Visible

• Equip your bike with lights and reflective elements, both front and rear, to increase visibility during low-light conditions.

Obey Trail & Traffic Rules

• Stay on designated paths
• Ride in the same direction as traffic and follow traffic signs and signals. Ride in the bike lane when available.

Otsiningo Park Trails

1. Combustion engine powered bikes are prohibited on trails.

2. Use of Class 1 & 2 E-bikes are permitted on trails.

3. Riders must abide by the speed limit signs posted along the trail at all times. a. Riders must ride at a safe speed (15 MPH Speed Limit). Slow down and form a single file in congested conditions, reduced visibility, and other hazardous conditions.

4. Trail users must practice proper trail etiquette. a. Be courteous to all trail users and yield to pedestrians. b. Give audible warning when passing pedestrians or other bicyclists. i. Keep right and pass left c. Riders are responsible for the safe operation of the vehicle under City, Park, County, and State Code.

RESOURCES

BMTS E-Bike & E-Scooter Multi-use Trail Regulations Guide

New York Bicycling Coalition Pocket Guide