Riders of electric scooters will lose access to most Texas A&M University sidewalks on weekdays starting Jan. 1 under a safety plan university officials laid out for the Texas A&M System Board of Regents this week, KBTX reported.
The limits apply from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays. Some sidewalks on the edge of campus are exempt, and extra limits will apply during special events and big campus gatherings, according to the station.
Chief Operating Officer Peter Lange told regents scooters will be pushed onto streets, bike lanes and shared-use paths, with a small number of "slow zones" so riders can reach parking racks. Officials are also drawing up a map of roughly 35 miles of streets and paths set aside for micromobility devices.
"By putting the scooters where we want them to go and defining that area and separating them from the pedestrians is really what we feel is the best path forward," Lange said, according to KBTX.
Lange said some perimeter sidewalks will stay open to riders where officials would rather not have scooters mixing with fast traffic.
Why now
In September, regents warned that scooters could be banned from campus if safety did not get better. University officials had told the board that scooter and e-bike crashes on campus climbed 37% between 2024 and 2025, with 52 recorded last year.
Rules for every wheeled device
Several rules will cover anything on wheels, not only scooters, Lange said: a speed limit of 20 mph, a single rider per device, and no handheld devices, headphones, earbuds or noise-canceling gear while riding. Signs and pavement markings are to go up before the new rules start.
