MOVE Act

New micromobility safety study and guidance

If enacted, the Department of Transportation would direct NHTSA to study injuries and deaths tied to micromobility devices. The study would focus on children and young adults and review crash data, device types, speeds, and infrastructure. Based on the study, the Department would publish best practices and a mobility education program for nonmotorized road users. The guidance would use device type, motor power, and maximum motor speed, and the education program would tell consumers top motor speed and whether a device can be easily modified to exceed 20 miles per hour. The program would state if a device is a class 1 or class 2 electric bicycle (as defined in 23 U.S.C. §217(j)) and would include state law information on age, helmets, insurance, and registration. The bill would define micromobility devices (motor or human powered) as those with motor top speeds of not more than 20 miles per hour, and it would define high-speed devices as those over 750 watts or able to exceed 20 miles per hour. It would also add nonmotorized micromobility safety to the federal list of National Priority Safety Programs.