uReport

City of Bloomington, Indiana

closed: Resolved #211042

Trails:

Other: The Bloomington Police need to start patrolling the trails (and all of town) for illegal electric motorcycle operation. At 8:35pm on 5/26/2026 I observed an illegal electric motorcycle narrowly miss hitting a pedestrian. The illegal electric motorcycle was traveling south bound on the B-Line from Kirkwood with two people on it at a high rate of speed. The motorcycle has no pedals. It is not a bicycle. The motorcycle did not slow down or stop before crossing 4th Street. A lady was walking from west to east on the sidewalk along the south side of 4th Street. The electric motorcycle was quickly approaching the pedestrian and the lady saw it just in time and was able to stop walking and narrowly miss being hit and severely injured. The illegal motorcycle did not try to avoid the collision. These illegal electric motorcycles cannot use the trail. The operators need to be issued tickets with fines and the motorcycles impounded and not returned. These motorcycles are operating recklessly and dangerously on trails, sidewalks, and streets. Please start removing these from our town before someone is seriously injured or killed by these motorcycles on our trails and sidewalks.

Assigned to
Tim Street

History

5/27/2026 08:57:29 Closed by Tim Street

Thanks for this uReport. We are increasingly aware of this issue, but it is a tricky one to enforce. BPD is not always available at the time of the incident, especially since the bikes move quickly through areas. Even then, chasing minors on bikes may not be advisable. Parks has a policy that eBikes and similar vehicles may be used up to 20mph. eBikes are classed into Cat. 1, 2, and 3 -- but more recently manufacturers are making category-less eBikes. These bikes aren't labeled with their capabilities, so it's additionally hard to enforce. The office of the Mayor is working on this issue, which may require a local legislative solution to create civic penalties or other similar consequences for misuse. I strongly encourage you to contact your local City Council representative and make them aware of this issue.

Sent notification to Tim Street
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=211042 Closed by Tim Street Thanks for this uReport. We are increasingly aware of this issue, but it is a tricky one to enforce. BPD is not always available at the time of the incident, especially since the bikes move quickly through areas. Even then, chasing minors on bikes may not be advisable. Parks has a policy that eBikes and similar vehicles may be used up to 20mph. eBikes are classed into Cat. 1, 2, and 3 -- but more recently manufacturers are making category-less eBikes. These bikes aren't labeled with their capabilities, so it's additionally hard to enforce. The office of the Mayor is working on this issue, which may require a local legislative solution to create civic penalties or other similar consequences for misuse. I strongly encourage you to contact your local City Council representative and make them aware of this issue.

5/26/2026 21:12:52 Anonymous assigned this case to Tim Street

Sent notification to Tim Street
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=211042 Anonymous assigned this case to Tim Street You can use the link to follow progress on this case.

5/26/2026 21:12:52 Opened by Anonymous

4th & B-Line Trial @ Wonderlab

CityBloomington
StateIN
Latitude39.165607452393
Longitude-86.536087036133

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