After a serious crash, what should a city measure?
Move past outrage and ask for location, speed context, device type, injury severity, infrastructure, citations, and whether current laws were enforced.
Media Kit
A concise source page for journalists, creators, city staff, and local advocates covering electric unicycles, pedestrian safety, and fair micromobility regulation.
“Reckless riding should have consequences. Responsible riders should have a lawful way to ride, insure, train, and comply. A blanket ban is not safety policy; it is a shortcut around doing the regulatory work.”
Story angles
Why regulate EUCs like a real category?
Device law has caught up to e-bikes and scooters faster than EUCs. That leaves riders, pedestrians, insurers, and police in a messy gray zone.
Private riders are missing from city dashboards
Shared fleets are counted because vendors report them. Private EUCs usually are not, so policy can be driven by the loudest incident rather than the full picture.
Fast facts
What EUC Rights Alliance supports
Classification, speed/context rules, pedestrian-first sidewalks, lighting standards, liability coverage pathways, visible ID for faster devices, safety education, incident reporting, and targeted enforcement.
What EUC Rights Alliance opposes
Blanket bans, arbitrary classification, rules with no compliance path, treating responsible private riders like reckless commercial behavior, and policy made from incomplete private-rider data.
Useful links
Evidence Brief
Research position, issue map, and priority data questions.
Fair City Framework
Balanced policy package for San Francisco, Austin, and similar cities.
Model Ordinance Starter
Plain-language ordinance clauses advocates can bring to city staff.