Each day, as I head off campus for lunch, I seem to always see the same thing: Freshmen on electric bikes (e-bikes) heading out. Once, I was driving to Starbucks, and, lo and behold, to my left were three...

In day-to-day school traffic, hidden among the busy mom vans sliding open, cautious new student drivers turning into parking lots and friends chatting and walking to school, electric bikes (e-bikes) can...