E-Bikes

Children’s Hospital Colorado is reporting increasing e-bike and e-scooter related injuries among kids. At a recent news conference, hospital staff said there was an 84% jump in e-scooter injuries from 2024 to 2025. E-bike injuries went up 184% over the same time.

E-bikes and e-scooters are popping up on more streets and bike trails lately. But traumatic injuries from e-bike crashes are also on the rise – a trend that has doctors at Children’s Hospital Colorado concerned. We dig into the statistics, and why it’s happening.

Breckenridge town officials are moving forward with updates to the town’s trail-use policy aimed at making outdoor recreations more accessible for people with mobility issues and other disabilities.

E-bike of Colorado sales manager Perry Fletcher said his sales and repair shop saw an increase in back-to-school sales to young riders and families this fall as the popularity of the battery-powered bicycles revs up. But the kids' excitement for their new rides is tempered by a recurring question from worried parents: Are they safe?

More than 3,000 rebate winners told state officials how they were using — or not — their battery-powered bikes. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun Team Editor David Krause and then click on the link below to read the entire story.

The state’s dismal economic forecast requires the green tax credits be slashed in 2026, Colorado economists said Wednesday. Listen to Morning Edition host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Health/Environmental Writer Michael Booth and then read The Colorado Sun story at the link below.

Eight Colorado communities will receive free e-bikes. Fort Morgan is hopeful the bikes can benefit its low-income residents.

E-bikes cut air pollution, reduce traffic and haul hundreds of pounds of cargo. And as more riders hit the streets, there’s a growing push to build bike lanes and redesign roads to keep riders safe.

The latest round of Denver's e-bike rebates opened this past week. All rebates were claimed in under 5 minutes. The program has tapped into big demand for alternative forms of transportation.

This summer, the National Park Service came out with a policy allowing electric bicycles in the same places as traditional bikes. A new federal lawsuit...