# 2024-31578: Powered Micromobility Devices

2024-31578, Powered Micromobility Devices, is a Federal Register proposed rule from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-16 (as of 2026-06-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31578
- As of: 2026-06-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2024-31578
- Title: Powered Micromobility Devices
- Type: Proposed Rule
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-16
- Effective: unknown
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-11

## Summary

The National Park Service wants to set clear rules for using powered micromobility devices like e-scooters, hoverboards, and Segways in national parks. This new plan separates these devices from bikes and cars and explains where and how you can ride them. If you have thoughts, you’ve got until March 17, 2025, to share them—so get ready to roll and speak up!

## Abstract

The National Park Service proposes a management framework for the use of powered micromobility devices within the National Park System. The proposed rule would define powered micromobility devices separately from motor vehicles, traditional bicycles, electric bicycles, and human powered coasting devices, and create rules for where and how they may be used in units of the National Park System. Examples of powered micromobility devices include electric scooters (e- scooters), hoverboards, and Segways.

## Effects PRIA read

- Park Use Only in Designated Locations: cost, medium. You may not operate powered micromobility devices (like e-scooters, hoverboards, or Segways) anywhere in a national park unless the location is specifically designated for their use. Natural terrain (sand, snow, rock, vegetation, soil) must be opened for device use only through notice-and-comment r…
- Superintendents Can Set Local Device Rules: benefit, low. Park superintendents can decide which paved or improved sidewalks, paths, park roads, and parking areas allow powered micromobility devices and can impose conditions such as speed limits, device size limits, parking locations, or limits on device types. Superintendents must prepare a written determ…
- Wilderness Areas: Devices Prohibited: cost, low. Possessing a powered micromobility device in any wilderness area established by Federal statute is prohibited unless another Federal law allows it. Superintendents cannot override this prohibition by designating locations in the compendium.
- Which Devices Count (150‑Pound Limit): benefit, low. A "powered micromobility device" is defined as a human‑operated, self‑propelled device with a curb weight under 150 pounds and no internal combustion engine; this definition excludes electric bicycles, motorized wheelchairs, snowmobiles, vessels, motor vehicles, and human‑powered coasting devices.…
- Shared‑Fleet Operators Need Authorization: cost, low. Companies that operate shared fleets of powered micromobility devices within National Park System units must obtain written authorization (for example, a commercial use authorization or concession contract) to operate, and the proposed rule would govern the operator's use of devices whether the dev…

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## Sources
- [2024-31578 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/16/2024-31578/powered-micromobility-devices)
- [2024-31578 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-16/pdf/2024-31578.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31578 (as of 2026-06-11).