San Ramon Valley Unified School District Middle Schools - The Epicenter of the E-Moto Safety Crisis
(E-Moto Photos below...WOW!)
November 18, 2025
School Board Members,
Thank you for the opportunity to speak tonight.
I want to begin with a fact that every parent, teacher, and administrator deserves to hear clearly: San Ramon Valley middle schools are now the epicenter of the E-Moto safety crisis. And the situation is becoming more urgent by the day.
On October 30th, volunteers from Danville Safety Advocates and E-Bike Access conducted a survey at seven San Ramon Valley middle schools. What they documented was stunning: more than 200 high-powered, throttle-activated electric motorcycles, known as E-motos parked in student bike corrals — some ridden by children as young as eleven.
Let’s be absolutely clear about what these machines are.
They are not bicycles.
They are non-street-legal electric motorcycles capable of 30 to 47 miles per hour, with no legal right to operate on sidewalks, park paths, school property, or any public area. And yet they are appearing every morning and afternoon on our middle school campuses.
That is where the crisis is concentrated.
That is where the risk is highest.
And that is where action must begin.
The District has now been studying this issue for months. But while we study, the problem grows. The number of E-Motos at middle schools is rising. The speeds are increasing. New, more powerful models appear every month. And the daily exposure to students is escalating — not in theory, but on these campuses, right now.
Study does not protect middle schoolers. Swift, collaborative action does.
So tonight, I’m asking the Board to take a critical first step to prohibit E-Motos on Middle School Campus. Allowing illegal electric motorcycles to sit in bike corrals normalizes them and sends families a false message — that these machines are safe, permitted, or appropriate for school use. They are none of those things.
Second: The District should formally request consistent and visible enforcement from the Police Department at middle school arrival and dismissal times. Warnings have not worked. Enforcement must begin where the problem is — at the middle schools.
Third: The District must acknowledge and act on its legal duty to address known hazards affecting minors. Once a school district becomes aware of a dangerous condition on campus, the law requires reasonable corrective action. The risk is documented. It is concentrated at your local middle schools.
Yes, this is a regional issue. Yes, other communities are affected.
But nowhere — nowhere — is the danger greater or more visible than at your local middle schools.
What we need now is leadership — and action — from this Board.
Every day that passes without action increases the likelihood of a preventable tragedy involving one of our middle-school children. Your middle-school children.
This Board has the authority — and the responsibility — to act before that tragedy occurs.
Thank you,
Alan Kalin, COL, U.S. Army (Ret.) President Mount Diablo Cyclists (MountDiabloCyclists.org), Co-Chair Danville Safety Advocates (BikeDanville.org)
