CHICAGO – Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced a statewide campaign to address the rise of injuries from electric bikes, scooters, skateboards, and unicycles. The effort includes public education, updated driver training, and proposed changes to road safety laws. Officials say crashes involving micromobility devices increased nearly 300 percent from 2019 to 2022, including fatal incidents in Mount Prospect and Bloomington-Normal.


