Is it a Bicycle?

There’s often confusion about what is considered a bicycle, electric bicycle, electric scooter, motorized scooter, moped, motorized bicycle, or motorcycle. Massachusetts state law is convoluted and only recently defined electric bicycles.

Here’s how we explain how these things are different under Mass. law as of June 2024:

Links

• Massachusetts Bicycle Law: https://bikept.org/bike-law
• Moped & motorized scooter operating requirements: https://bikept.org/moped
• Motorized scooter law: https://bikept.org/motorized-scooter
• Provincetown Licensing Regulations: https://bikept.org/licensing