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TAKE ACTION QLD: Protect Inclusive Cycling in Queensland
If we don't act now, many Queenslanders; seniors, families and people living with disabilities may be punished for riding their bike. EveryBody eBikes fully supports making our footpaths safer by cracking down on reckless e-motorbikes, however the proposed blanket legislation will have devastating consequences for the "Ignored Majority". E-bikes and e-trikes are an essential mobility lifeline to health, well-being, work, and everyday independence.
We need your help to protect inclusive cycling. Please take the four steps below to ensure your voice is heard.
We are compiling a whitepaper of real-world stories to present to the Queensland Transport Minister and Queensland Shadow Transport Minister. Help us prove how vital these devices are.
The State Development, Infrastructure and Works Committee is currently running an inquiry into this Bill. This is the most powerful way to object to the licensing requirement, but written submissions close at 10:00 am on Friday, 10 April 2026.
CLICK HERE TO LODGE YOUR SUBMISSION
Submission Guide & Requirements: For the committee to accept your submission, you must include:
- Your first and last name.
- At least two of the following: your email address, mailing address, or daytime telephone number.
Note: Submissions are generally published online, but you can request for your name to be withheld or for your submission to be kept confidential when you lodge it. If you cannot submit online, contact the committee secretariat on 07 3553 6662.
Flood the inbox of the decision-makers. Send an email directly to the Minister for Transport and Main Roads, Brent Mickelberg. Click here to email the Minister or copy and paste from below and email to transportandmainroads@ministerial.qld.gov.au.
Subject: Please protect inclusive cycling: Fix the E-mobility Bill 2026
Dear Minister Mickelberg,
I am writing to you regarding the Transport and Other Legislation (Managing E-mobility Use and Protecting Our Communities) Amendment Bill 2026.
While I completely support banning dangerous, overpowered e-motorbikes, legal pedal-assist e-bikes capped at 25km/h are safe. They are effectively bicycles that assist people with essential transport and commuting.
I urge you to amend the Bill to address these three critical flaws:
1. The Learner's Licence Barrier: Forcing riders to hold a learner's or drivers licence discriminates against all people, in particular seniors and people living with a disability who may be medically unfit to hold a driver's licence or those people who choose not to drive for any other reason. Legal e-bikes and e-trikes are not e-motorbikes; they are mobility lifelines. This requirement must be removed for legal e-bikes and e-trikes.
2. The 10km/h Shared Path Limit: Applying a 10km/h speed limit to all footpaths including shared bikeways will severely impact every rider across the State. Shared paths and rail trails are specifically designed for safe commuting and recreation. Riding an e-bike at 10km/h reduces rider control and wobble, making it more dangerous. Riding at 10km/hr is unsustainable for active transport on a regular basis. This reduced speed on shared paths will force commuters onto busy roads as riding at slower speeds than joggers will be untenable. Currently, riders on all legal vehicles share the space with pedestrians, dog-walkers, families and do so using the universal code of courtesy and respect. Legal ebike and trike riders currently safely share the space and we believe that the 10km/hr should be removed for shared paths.
3. Lack of Clarity for Trikes: The Bill requires all compliant ebikes to be certified to EN15194:2017-A1 standard. That standard is specifically for two-wheeled devices with pedals and a tricycle, by design, is unable to comply with that standard. The legislation appears to require all etrike riders to seek a special circumstances permit through the Transport Operations (Road Use Management - Accreditation and Other Provisions) Regulation 2015 (AOP Regulation) to authorise conditional use of electrically assisted tricycles and other non-standard electrically assisted vehicles, the process for which is unclear, appears cumbersome and subjective, given it is for conditional use only.
(Optional: Add 1-2 sentences here about your personal experience with an e-trike or e-bike).
Please ensure the new laws protect the freedom of everyday Queenslanders, seniors, and people with disabilities to use safe, legal active transport.
Sincerely,
[Your Name]
[Your Suburb/Postcode]
If an e-bike or e-trike has changed your life, we cannot stay silent. Please share this page with your family, friends, occupational therapists, and community groups. Remember, all of us are aging and these restrictions may well affect us directly in the future. Think about the impact of this legislation not only now but into the future too.
What are we fighting for?
We believe that legal, pedal-assist ebikes (capped at 25km/h) are safe. They are effectively bicycles that assist people with transport and commuting. While e-motorbikes should be banned, the current Bill gets three things completely wrong:
PROBLEM 1
The Learner's Licence Barrier. The Bill requires all riders to hold at least a learner's licence. This punishes all people, in particular seniors who have surrendered their licences, people with intellectual disabilities and people with conditions that make them medically unfit to drive but able to ride ebikes and etrikes.
OUR SOLUTION: Recognise that legal e-bikes (pedal assist and capped at 25km/h) are not e-motorbikes and remove this licensing requirement.
PROBLEM 2
10km/h Limits on footpaths and shared paths and bikeways. The Bill proposes a 10km/h speed limit on shared paths. Shared paths (like local cycleways and rail trails) have been designed for use by both pedestrians and bike riders. This limit affects every ebike rider across the State.
OUR SOLUTION: Remove the 10km/h limit for designated shared paths and continue with the generally adopted principle of courtesy and respect when riding with other users, including pedestrians and mechanical cyclists.
PROBLEM 3
Trikes are left in a legislative "Grey Area". The Bill requires compliance with a safety standard (EN15194) that is specifically designed for two-wheeled bikes. Because tricycles cannot technically comply by design, vulnerable riders would be forced to navigate a confusing and cumbersome "special circumstances permit" process just to ride conditionally. E-trikes are not motor vehicles; they operate exactly like e-bikes and should be legally treated as bicycles.
OUR SOLUTION: Explicitly identify electric tricycles as legal bicycles if they follow the 3 key power-related criteria of the EN15194 standard where maximum pedal assisted speed 25 km/hr, a throttle up to 10kph and power up to 500W if needed depending on medical condition