Under the new policy, the use of motorized personal transportation devices will be considered a violation of student conduct. Vehicles found in use on campus will be confiscated by Traffic Operations.
Some students say the ban will make it harder to get across campus, especially during hot weather.
"I don't want to walk across campus. It's Fresno. It's Fresno. It's like 110 in the summer," Sean said.
Others expressed frustration that the decision appeared to be made without student input.
"I think some input from the students would have been nice," Mark said.
"It would have been nice to have a vote," Sean added.
Another student, Brandon, criticized the decision as overly simplistic.
"They're being lazy, like, there's other options out there. You don't know, gotta just take away the E scooters," he said.
The ban follows a spike in scooter-related accidents on and around campus.
In January, a 20-year-old rider was hospitalized after being hit by a car near Shaw and Maple.
Before announcing the ban, the university introduced "wheels off" zones, along with red paint and signage to mark high-traffic areas where riders are required to walk.
Students questioned whether those measures had any real impact.
"A band aid policy, something that they just slap on so they can say they did something, but they didn't really do anything," Brandon said.
"Like, even right now, I just saw somebody use their scooter going through a wheels off zone," Mark said.
While students acknowledged the school's safety concerns, some said the ban does not address larger infrastructure and transportation issues on campus.
"Talk to lead architects, try not applying a city model onto the university campuses. Cities are car-centric. Obviously, not a lot of people are just driving a car straight through campus, right? You know, put some thought into it," Brandon said.
High parking prices and limited availability have long been a source of complaints among students, with many turning to electric vehicles as an alternative.
"You can park in a neighborhood, you know, like I said, like a mile away, and you can get here in like five minutes. You don't really got to get a parking pass, like, 100 bucks a semester," Sean said. "We broke college students. What can you do?"
The university said ADA vehicles will be exempt from the ban, and non-motorized scooters, bikes and skateboards will still be allowed on campus.
A virtual information session on the ban is scheduled for May 6.