E-bikes gain in popularity, but the rules are not entirely clear
August 9, 2023

Marc Lutz/Wrangell Sentinel
Jaynee Fritzinger, manager of Breakaway Adventures on Lynch Street, takes a ride on one of her shop's e-bikes on Aug. 3.
It's hard to miss: Groups of people whizzing down the streets of Wrangell on what looks like a cross between a bicycle and an old-school moped, sometimes down the middle of the street or dangerously close to pedestrians on the sidewalks.
Increased use of electric bicycles, or e-bikes for short, has some questioning how the law applies to the machines, specifically where they can and can't be ridden.
Wrangell municipal code states, "No person shall ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk within the central business traffic district or any business district," and "whenever any person is riding a bicyc...
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