
Vehicles weighing more than 35 kilograms must be moved onto the roadway, a department spokesman said.
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In March 2026, the President of the Russian Federation instructed the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Internal Affairs to consider restrictions on the movement of electric bicycles on sidewalks.
MOSCOW, September 30 - RIA Novosti. Couriers on powerful and heavy electric bicycles should not ride on sidewalks, since such vehicles are not designed for this, said Nikolai Cherednichenko, deputy director of the department of state policy in the field of automobile and urban passenger transport of the Russian Ministry of Transport.
“We do not consider these huge courier electric scooters and electric bicycles as means of individual mobility; they should leave the sidewalk and should ride along the roadway,” he said, speaking at the Federation Council.
Cherednichenko clarified that we are talking about vehicles weighing more than 35 kilograms, which must move along the roadsides and roadways.
“They shouldn’t be driving there (on the sidewalks - ed.), but, unfortunately, due to the gaps in registration and administration, they allow themselves to do this, although they definitely don’t belong there,” Cherednichenko concluded.
In March 2026, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Internal Affairs to consider the possibility of establishing restrictions on the movement of electric bicycles on sidewalks by July 1.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Development of regulations to limit the movement of heavy electric bicycles on sidewalks.
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