Tools to Support Enforcement of Micromobility Traffic Laws and Crash Reporting

The rise of micromobility devices, including e-scooters, e-bikes, and other personal transportation technologies, has transformed urban transportation. The proliferation of these devices has introduced new challenges for law enforcement. The characteristics of micromobility devices—small size, high maneuverability, lack of registration, and shared usage models—create complexities for traffic enforcement and crash reporting. Additionally, traffic safety laws in many states are often unclear with regard to micromobility, providing limited guidance to law enforcement officers in regulating these devices. Crashes involving micromobility devices are often underreported. Furthermore, legal ambiguity and limited police training exacerbate the difficulty of enforcing traffic laws and properly reporting crashes involving micromobility devices. These gaps hinder efforts to ensure the safety of all road users. Research is needed to assess these challenges and develop actionable recommendations to improve enforcement practices, reporting protocols, and interagency collaboration. The objective of this research is to develop a toolkit to improve the state of the practice related to enforcement of traffic safety laws for micromobility users and crash reporting.

• Record URL:
  • http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=5926
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract to a Performing Organization has not yet been awarded.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Proposed
• Funding: $350,000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  BTS-46

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Governors Highway Safety Association

  444 N. Capitol Street, NW, Suite 722
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, D.C.  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Retting, Richard

• Start Date: 20260203
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycles; Crash reports; Electric vehicles; Micromobility; Scooters; Traffic law enforcement; Traffic safety
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01959891
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: BTS-46
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: Jul 1 2025 2:24PM