EUC Rights Alliance
Electric unicycle safety · rider rights · fair regulation

Responsible access beats blanket bans.

EUC Rights Alliance is a public-education and advocacy platform for pedestrian-first riding standards, practical insurance and registration options, class-based regulation, and legal resistance to bans that punish responsible riders for reckless behavior by others.

0 Blanket bans supported
4 Better tools: classes, rules, insurance, enforcement
1 Public database for incidents and local law
100% Pro-safety and pro-accountability

The public standard: ride like access depends on it.

Negative public perception is not coming from the idea of EUCs. It is coming from people running lights, riding the wrong way, passing pedestrians too fast, and treating crowded sidewalks like personal lanes. The movement should say that plainly and separate responsible riders from reckless operators.

Pedestrians first

No fast riding through crowded foot traffic

Slow down around people, kids, dogs, crossings, transit stops, parks, and event crowds. Give space, yield early, dismount where needed, and treat hit-and-run behavior as a serious offense.

Traffic rules

Stop acting invisible

Wait at red lights, ride with traffic, use lights after dark, avoid surprise passes, and keep bike-lane speeds reasonable. A 20 mph shared-lane norm is easier to defend than sidewalk chaos.

Class-based access

One wheel category is not enough

Small low-speed wheels, street-capable commuter wheels, and high-powered traffic-speed wheels need different rules based on weight, speed, capability, location, and accountability.

Choose the lane. Keep the record organized.

The campaign is now split into focused pages instead of one long scroll: action tools, research, policy, updates, and the blog.

Do something

Action Center

Sign the petition, report incidents, flag bad rules, and submit legal-impact facts.

Open action center
Evidence

Research

Crash context, data gaps, official record problems, and the case for facts before bans.

Read research
Rulebook

Policy

Fair city framework, rider conduct standards, class-based regulation, San Francisco/Austin strategy, and legal pressure.

Review policy
Media

Updates

Field notes, ally organizations, campaign updates, social hooks, and founder info.

See updates

Campaign command center.

The site now has the pieces a serious advocacy effort needs: a research brief, model ordinance language, city-hall tools, rider standards, media framing, and a traction plan. The goal is to make fair regulation feel easier, smarter, and less risky than a blanket ban.

Evidence

Evidence Brief

The argument map: accidents are real, data is incomplete, insurance gaps matter, and cities should regulate from facts instead of outrage.

Policy language

Model Ordinance Starter

Plain-language clauses for defining EUCs by class, protecting pedestrians, creating speed tiers, and requiring accountability without banning the category.

Rider standard

Responsible Access Rulebook

The clear public line: high-speed EUCs do not belong on crowded sidewalks, reckless riders should face consequences, and responsible riders deserve a lawful path.

Media

Media Kit

Quotes, story angles, fast facts, and links for journalists, creators, local advocates, city staff, and people sharing the campaign.

Growth

Campaign Traction Plan

A practical 30-day plan for signatures, city targeting, coalition building, social distribution, legal intake, and public-comment pressure.

San Francisco

SF Policy Memo

A concise supervisor/staffer brief: classify EUCs, protect pedestrians, create context-based rules, and test a 90-day pilot instead of defaulting to bans.

Officials

City Hall Packet

A ready-to-use public-comment script, official questions, city email template, and clean alternative to “ban first, think later.”

Framework

Fair City Framework

The complete city adoption ladder for San Francisco, Austin, and cities trying to manage safety without erasing responsible riders.

Early warnings

SF, NYC, Austin, Burning Man

Use places with real friction as policy signals: crowded sidewalks, hard-to-enforce streets, event-zone restrictions, and the chance to educate before backlash arrives.

Build the movement before the next city overreacts.

Collect signatures, document incidents, organize testimony, give attorneys clean facts, and show policymakers that safety and rider access can exist in the same rulebook.

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