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Support Ride Safe Act to regulate micromobility

Last activity May 14, 2026 (4 months ago)

  1. Introduced

    May 11, 2026

  2. In committee

  3. Council vote

  4. Adopted

The City Council adopted a resolution on May 13, 2026, expressing support for Governor Healey's Ride Safe Act. The act would regulate micromobility devices such as e-bikes, scooters, and mopeds, strengthen enforcement, registration, and helmet rules, and set safety standards to address a pedestrian safety crisis in Boston.

Affects seniors, persons with disabilities, young families, pedestrians, drivers, and delivery workers

Filed by Brian Worrell, Benjamin Jacob Weber, Henry Santana, Enrique Pepén, Erin Murphy, Julia Mejia, Ruthzee Louijeune, John FitzGerald, Sharon Durkan, Liz Breadon, Miniard Culpepper, and Ed Flynn

Now with the City Council

About Transportation & Streets and Public Safety

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Official title

Resolution in support of the Ride Safe Act. On motion of Councilors Flynn and Culpepper, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted: yeas 12 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), not present 1 (Coletta Zapata).

Timeline

  1. May 13, 2026

    The rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted.

    City Council

    Watch the meeting City video Minutes, May 13, 2026