Comment 98846

By mikeonthemountain (registered) | Posted March 21, 2014 at 13:00:08 in reply to Comment 98786

I have previously researched this in some depth.

Under provincial law, and by default, yes. An e-bike is still a bicycle as far as road operation.

Municipalities can override individually. Larger cities, Toronto, Calgary, seem to ban e-bikes from bikeways. While I'm sure this is done for safety because there is higher use in these urban cores, this puts the slow moving ebike in traffic lanes even when bike lanes are available (which is basically a de-facto execution but I digress). But if your motor is off, you can use the bike lanes regardless.

So far Hamilton has not had to enact specific policy, so yes we're allowed unless they say otherwise.

Comment edited by mikeonthemountain on 2014-03-21 13:13:37

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