Dubbo Mayor Mathew Dickerson said if visitors to the city could take part in organised rides on the two-wheeled, battery-powered electric vehicles it would be "fantastic for tourism".

"It would be another attraction that would keep tourists in the city a day longer," he said.

Cr Dickerson said an individual contacted him last year about the possibility of operating Segway tours along Tracker Riley Cycleway.

"At the moment it's illegal to use Segways on roads and footpaths in NSW - the only way you can use them is on private land," he said.

"I spoke with Roads Minister Duncan Gay about it last year, and then we sent through a proposal from council saying we'd like to be able to use Segways on Tracker Riley.

"That would not necessarily mean changing the rules for all roads.

"Tracker Riley is not NSW government land, it's effectively council land.

"So we thought, rather than change state laws, let's do a trial in Dubbo, we'll do the investigation into risk and liability.

"The biggest issue for the state government would probably be liability - we don't want anyone to be injured, and if Dubbo is allowed to have this then all the other councils might want it to, so that would open another can of worms."

The idea would not be for council itself to provide the tours, Cr Dickerson said.

"There is obviously one potential operator we have already had an approach from, but if we got the OK from the state government to do this we would need to publicly call for expressions of interest and it might be that a different operator ends up doing it," he said.

Cr Dickerson said he was a big fan of touring via Segway, having ridden the vehicles in New Zealand, America, Canberra and, most recently, Paris.

And Dubbo was in a better position to host Segway tours than many other local government areas, he said.

"We already have a dedicated 12km cycleway, not every council can boast that," Cr Dickerson said.

Having discussed the idea on his own Facebook page, Cr Dickerson said the community's reaction had been overwhelmingly positive.

"There were some concerns raised but it's important to note that they (Segways) are speed-limited to about 16km/h and people are already walking at a rate of 6km/h or running at a rate of 11 to 18km/h."

"Helmets would be compulsory, and other protection possibly deemed by the individual operator. Consideration would be made to ensure safety for other cycleway users.

"I imagine the operator might run tours every hour or two in the peak season, and as such the amount of extra traffic on the cycleway would be minimal, it wouldn't be like 100 of them would suddenly pop up."