The LTO plans to propose mandatory e-bike registration.

The Land Transportation Office (LTO) intends to propose to the Department of Transportation (DOTr) the required registration of electric bicycles, according to agency chief Atty. On November 29, Vigor Mendoza II disclosed in a public forum.

LTO Administrative Order No. 2021-039 (or the Consolidated Guidelines in the Classification, Registration, and Operation of All Types of Electric Motor Vehicles) currently allows two-wheeled e-bicyles and e-mopeds to be operated without registration or a driver's license as long as their top speed does not exceed 50kph.

Electric two-wheelers that can only go up to 25kph (L1a category) must be ridden with a helmet "similar to those designed for bicycles," whereas those that can go up to 50kph (L1b category) must be ridden with a "motor protective helmet."

L1a e-bikes are permitted to use "barangay roads, bike lanes, and other similar lanes" and are "allowed to cross national roads or by other roads when barangays are separated by it," whereas L1b e-bikes are "allowed to go beyond barangay roads to cover other local roads, provided that it will take the outermost part of the road adjacent to the sidewalk."

It may drive through major thoroughfares and national roads in order to cross roads split by the aforementioned thoroughfares, but it must cede the right of way to oncoming traffic."

Due to concerns about road safety, the LTO is considering eliminating the registration exemption for e-bikes. The idea would restrict the usage of unregistered e-bikes to neighborhoods or private roads.

Due to a revenue loss of P37.10 billion in registration payments and penalties, the LTO previously established the 'no registration, no travel' policy. If passed, obligatory e-bike registration would be another provision that would be implemented.