KCTS e-Bike Policy – May 2020
In response to recent regulatory changes, the KCTS has identified e-bikes both as an opportunity to increase accessibility for a variety of trail users, and as a potential threat to some existing trail user’s experience and to trail sustainability.
To achieve an appropriate balance, 68 KCTS trails were assessed and ranked for 5 potential impacts associated with an increase in e-Bike use, initially by KCTS staff and then vetted by a sub-committee of the KCTS board.
The results of this assessment produced recommendations that:
We are confident that these recommendations provide full and varied trail opportunities for e-Biking, while addressing the most critical concerns.
Accordingly, most trails in the KCTS network are now open for use by Class 1 e-bikes, however the following trails remain closed to all e-Bikes:
Additionally, the same assessment process identified a need to formally designate and sign 22 trails as one-way only trails for both mountain biking and e-Biking. Most of these should be obvious, however some that will require awareness and compliance include: