Proposed e-bikes ban on trains

E-bike at Flinders Street Station

E-bike at Flinders Street Station

The Victorian Government is proposing to ban ebikes on trains. If this proceeds it will disrupt the transport of many people, which may force many to take cars. 

However, the underlying problem is that many cheap sub-standard e-bikes, conversion kits and scooters have been imported into Australia due to a failure by the Commonwealth Government to properly regulate e-bike safety standards and enforce rules for importation and sale of e-bikes and conversion kits. It is the cheap, poorly manufactured e-bikes and conversion kits that are the problem.

If this proposed ban proceeds, it would have a serious negative impact on everyone who takes an e-bike on a train as part of their commute to work, study or other journeys.

E-bikes + train combinations are used,

  • to fill in the gaps caused by inadequate PT coverage and frequency in many areas

  • to provide transport options for people for whom disability and/or mobility/medical/elderly conditions (as well as families on cargo bikes) impact their other transport options

  • to provide access to recreational opportunities such as rail trails and BUG rides

  • to provide important access to work opportunities. 

 
Streets Alive Darebin notes that the regulatory impact statement:

You could also send an email to your local state MPs:

  • Kat.Theophanous@parliament.vic.gov.au

  • nathan.lambert@parliament.vic.gov.au

  • gabrielle.williams@parliament.vic.gov.au

Federal MPs:

See also

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