College Station city council discussion about reducing crashes involving scooters and associated vehicles

This podcast contains comments from the June 11, 2026 College Station city council meeting.The College Station city council discussed, but took no additional action at its June 11th meeting, on how to reduce the number of crashes involving electric scooters, bicycles, and related vehicles.Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from the June 11, 2026 College Station city council meeting.On College Station streets between 2021 and 2025 there have been 214 crashes involving bicycles and 71 involving scooters and related electric vehicles.Councilman and bicycle enthusiast Scott Shafer, who is also a Texas A&M administrator, brought up educating each incoming class of Aggie freshmen about city ordinances and enforcement efforts.Councilman Mark Smith wants to make sure whatever changes are made by the city are similar to regulations on the Texas A&M campus.Staff suggestions included establishing "bicycle boxes" on streets with traffic signals were those riders would wait until they had the green light.Other suggestions included prohibiting vehicles on sidewalks, prohibiting operators from using smartphones, additional signs, and modifying city streets.