California approved E-Bikes. Will more states follow?

Now that California approved E-Bikes, will more states follow? With most bike paths being shared with pedestrians, this has the potential of increasing collisions since E-Bikes can travel at a higher speed. As a big picture, it could be a more green, less car-dependent option. I'm pretty conflicted about E-Bikes. What do you think?

See article in Bicycling Magazine.

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Permalink Reply by Lee Roy on October 23, 2015 at 8:10am

I have had a chance to ride the Townie "GO" and it is a pretty sweet system.

It works just as you described. My belief is this type of E-Bike will be the norm.

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Permalink Reply by Joe Guzzardo on October 25, 2015 at 9:57am

Interesting subject. I've also seen more people on those mini Segways these days, which probably fall into the same regulatory realm as E-bikes. I guess I'm ok with them along bike paths as long as the speed isn't allowed to go too high. E-cigs, though, are definitely on my no-go list.