Adopt a personal electric vehicle class
Define EUCs as personal electric vehicles with speed-capable subcategories instead of forcing them into bicycle, scooter, moped, motorcycle, or illegal-device buckets.
City Hall Packet
A clean, practical packet for public comment, city staff, reporters, and local advocates. The point is simple: regulate the risk, do not erase the category.
The Ask
Create insurance and visible-ID paths
For higher-speed EUCs, create realistic liability coverage and registration/visible-ID paths so responsible riders can comply and injured people are not left without recourse.
Restrict dangerous sidewalk behavior
Support strict pedestrian-area rules: walking pace, dismount zones, no reckless passing, lights after dark, and real penalties for hit-and-run or failure to yield.
Require facts before bans
Before restricting a device category, collect incident facts: location, speed claim, device type, infrastructure, injury severity, citation status, and whether existing law was enforced.
Open the full fair city framework Open the San Francisco memo
Two-minute public comment
My name is [name], and I support safer streets. I also oppose blanket bans on electric unicycles when less restrictive regulation can address the actual risk. Cities already regulate bicycles, e-bikes, scooters, mopeds, and motorcycles. EUCs should be regulated with the same seriousness: device classification, speed zones, pedestrian-first sidewalk rules, lighting requirements, accountability for reckless riding, and a practical path for insurance and registration where appropriate. If someone injures a pedestrian, that should be enforced. But responsible riders should not be erased because the law has not caught up with the technology.
Questions city officials should answer
- What specific behavior is the rule trying to prevent?
- Would that behavior already be illegal under reckless operation, failure-to-yield, speed, sidewalk, or hit-and-run rules?
- Why is a ban necessary if insurance, visible ID, speed zones, and enforcement are available?
- How are EUCs materially different from e-bikes, scooters, mopeds, or other regulated micromobility devices?
- What compliance path exists for a responsible rider?
- What crash or citation data supports the restriction?
Email template
Subject: Please regulate EUCs fairly instead of banning responsible riders
Council Member / Staff,
I am asking the city to regulate electric unicycles through clear safety rules instead of treating every EUC rider as unlawful. A fair framework should include device classification, sidewalk and pedestrian-zone restrictions, speed/context rules, lighting standards, insurance or visible-ID paths for higher-speed devices, and enforcement against reckless riding. Please consider less restrictive alternatives before supporting any blanket ban.
EUC Rights Alliance has a working public-education and intake platform here: https://eucrightsalliance.com/
Council Member / Staff,
I am asking the city to regulate electric unicycles through clear safety rules instead of treating every EUC rider as unlawful. A fair framework should include device classification, sidewalk and pedestrian-zone restrictions, speed/context rules, lighting standards, insurance or visible-ID paths for higher-speed devices, and enforcement against reckless riding. Please consider less restrictive alternatives before supporting any blanket ban.
EUC Rights Alliance has a working public-education and intake platform here: https://eucrightsalliance.com/