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“Rules of the Road” for Personal Transportation Devices Kevin Fang Sonoma State University San Jose State University SJSU ScholarWorks Mineta Transportation Institute Publications 5-2019 How and Where Should I Ride This Thing? “Rules Of The Road” for Personal Transportation Devices Kevin Fang Sonoma State University Asha Weinstein Agrawal San Jose State University, [email protected] Ashley M. Hooper University of California, Irvine Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/mti_publications Part of the Transportation Commons Recommended Citation Kevin Fang, Asha Weinstein Agrawal, and Ashley M. Hooper. "How and Where Should I Ride This Thing? “Rules Of The Road” for Personal Transportation Devices" Mineta Transportation Institute Publications (2019). This Report is brought to you for free and open access by SJSU ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Mineta Transportation Institute Publications by an authorized administrator of SJSU ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Project 1713 May 2019 How and Where Should I Ride This Thing? “Rules of the Road” For Personal Transportation Devices Kevin Fang, Ph.D. Asha Weinstein Agrawal, Ph.D. Ashley M. Hooper MINETA TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE transweb.sjsu.edu MINETA TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE MTI FOUNDER LEAD UNIVERSITY OF Hon. Norman Y. 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The report is funded, partially or entirely, by a grant from the U.S. San José State University Department of Transportation’s University Transportation Centers Program. This report does not necessarily reflect the official views or policies of the U.S. government, State of California, or the Mineta Transportation Institute, who assume no liability for the contents or use thereof. This report does not constitute a standard specification, design standard, or regulation. REPORT 19-10 HOW AND WHERE SHOULD I RIDE THIS THING? “RULES OF THE ROAD” FOR PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION DEVICES Kevin Fang, Ph.D. Asha Weinstein Agrawal, Ph.D. Ashley M. Hooper May 2019 A publication of Mineta Transportation Institute Created by Congress in 1991 College of Business San José State University San José, CA 95192-0219 TECHNICAL REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE 1. Report No. 2. Government Accession No. 3. Recipient’s Catalog No. 19-10 4. Title and Subtitle 5. 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