Judge orders USNPS to take another look at e-bike use in NPs

While the National Park Service failed three years ago to carefully study the potential impact of e-Bike use in the National Park System, a federal judge did not block their use but simply directed the agency to take "a hard look" at positive and negative impacts.

U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras's ruling (attached below) was a qualified victory for Public Employees For Environmental Responsibility, which had sought to have the decision that allowed e-Bikes to travel on trails and roads used by muscle-powered bikes tossed out.

https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2022/05/court-ruling-retains-e-bike-rules-national-parks-calls-study-impacts

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