“WASHINGTON, D.C. — Acadia National Park visitors Phyllis Koenig and David Perel have joined a lawsuit against the National Park Service and Department of the Interior for allowing “e-bike use throughout the National Park System.”
The legal complaint was filed last week by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, together with four other organizations and three individuals directly impacted by the new order.
According to court documents, Koenig and Perel, a married couple from New Brunswick, N.J., have vacationed in Acadia for 25 years.
Bicycling is one of their main activities in the park, according to the complaint, and they have concerns about safety and ‘environmental impacts, such as noise and habitat damage’ with the introduction of e-bikes to the carriage road network.”
