SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The boom in electric-powered bicycling is reducing car travel, lowering carbon emissions and introducing homebodies to exercise and the great outdoors.
But the activity is on a collision course with an equally cherished environmental ideal: peace and quiet.
In response to a new state policy that allows e-bikes anywhere that standard bikes are permitted, local officials are racing to ban their use on unpaved routes in open space preserves.
