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categories of e-bikes. Joe Pato said the Committee report to the BoS should include information about current status of things at the state level. Omar commented that the Committee should have a clear message that "electric bikes are a good thing." The town should promote them in a huge way, he said, in order to get people out of cars and on bikes. The town needs to take leadership and say that we believe in multi-modal transportation and are building the roadway infrastructure to accomplish this. The bike path is a separate question, he said. "Why do we struggle with mixing bikes and pedestrians? It's not a bike path or a sidewalk: it's both. If it's a place for pedestrians, then bikes should go real slow." Other comments included: • We should tell the Selectmen what we know: educate them. • When conditions are congested, no one should be riding fast on the bikeway. That should be at least a posted guideline. • The report should strongly recommend the the Town appoint someone on town staff to serve as Bicycle Program manager (as we have recommended often in past years); with general responsibility for coordinating all aspects of bicycling in Lexington; It's not just speed limits, it's different times of the day, it's weather dependent, etc. • Outline the current situation for the BoS with 5-6 bullet point recommendations; • This boils down to a campaign about signage. Good examples from the Shining Sea bike video; signage encouraging good behavior, e.g. Should have a sign, "don't be a jerk." • "Street Fight," book about the NYC experience over the issue of shared roadways; • Paul asked about user-ship of dockless and docked bike rentals. Many may not know the rules of the road, and most don't ride with helmets. • Bob Dangel said that the current infrastructure spreadsheet should be improved to acknowledge e-bikes. He said he is surprised that docked bike companies haven't taken "legal issue" with dockless bikes. • Kevin said that the current LimeBikes app reminds users not to leave bikes out of the territory. • How and when do dockless bikes get retrieved? Peggy understands that LimeBike was planning to staff up to improve their retrieval of out-of-territory bikes. • Lou suggested that either they move it, or the user removes it; otherwise, we extract a fine. • Bird scooters can go 35 mph.