During this week’s city commission meeting, Coral Gables city officials voted for a Florida statute to prohibit all electric and motorized bicycles on city sidewalks.  The use of electric bicycles has become increasingly widespread in Coral Gables and its surrounding areas, including Miracle Mile , over the last few years, according to the city administration.  The item, which was approved on first reading at the Jan. 27 commission meeting, prohibits scooters and bicycles equipped with a motor and reaching a speed of up to 20 miles per hour, and micromobility devices typically 20 to 36 inches in width, weighing up to 50 pounds, and operating at a speed of up to 28 miles per hour. The only exception will be on-duty law enforcement operators. The city continues to work closely with its lobbying team and with the chiefs on efforts in Tallahassee regarding the same subject, city staff told the city commission during the approval of the item. The post Coral Gables votes to ban electric bicycles on city sidewalks appeared first on Miami Today. ...read more read less