BILL NUMBER: AB 819	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 11, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 4, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 31, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wieckowski

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to amend  Section 891   Sections 890.6
and 890.8  of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to
bikeways.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 819, as amended, Wieckowski. Bikeways.
   Existing law requires the Department of Transportation, in
cooperation with county and city governments, to establish minimum
safety design criteria for the planning and construction of bikeways,
and authorizes cities, counties, and local agencies to establish
bikeways. Existing law requires all city, county, regional, and other
local agencies responsible for the development or operation of
bikeways or roadways where bicycle travel is permitted to utilize all
minimum safety design criteria and uniform specifications and
symbols for signs, markers, and traffic control devices established
pursuant to specified provisions of existing law.
   This bill would  includecertain bicycle safety guidelines
established by the American Association of State Highway and
Transportation Officials or the National Association of City
Transportation Officials as criteria and specifications that may be
utilized by a city, county, regional, or other local agency to
satisfy that requirement, as specified   require the
department to establish procedures for cities, counties, and local
agencies to request approval to use nonstandard planning, design, and
construction features in the construction of bikeways and roadways
where bicycle travel is permitted, and nonstandard signs, markers,
and traffic control devices, in each case, for purposes of research,
experimentation, and verification  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 890.6 of the   Streets
and Highways Code   is amended to read: 
   890.6.   (a)    The department, in cooperation
with county and city governments, shall establish minimum safety
design criteria for the planning and construction of bikeways and
roadways where bicycle travel is permitted. The criteria shall
include, but not be limited to, the design speed of the facility,
minimum widths and clearances, grade, radius of curvature, pavement
surface, actuation of automatic traffic control devices, drainage,
and general safety. The criteria shall be updated biennially, or more
often, as needed. 
   (b) The department shall establish procedures for cities,
counties, and local agencies to request approval to use nonstandard
planning, design, and construction features in the construction of
bikeways and roadways where bicycle travel is permitted, for purposes
of research, experimentation, and verification. 
   SEC. 2.    Section 890.8 of the  Streets and
Highways Code   is amended to read: 
   890.8.   (a)    The department shall establish
uniform specifications and symbols for signs, markers, and traffic
control devices to designate bikeways, regulate traffic, improve
safety and convenience for bicyclists, and alert pedestrians and
motorists of the presence of bicyclists on bikeways and on roadways
where bicycle travel is permitted. 
   (b) The department shall establish procedures for cities,
counties, and local agencies to request approval to use nonstandard
signs, markers, and traffic control devices on bikeways and roadways
where bicycle travel is permitted, for purposes of research,
experimentation, and verification.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 891 of the Streets and
Highways Code is amended to read:
   891.  All city, county, regional, and other local agencies
responsible for the development or operation of bikeways or roadways
where bicycle travel is permitted shall utilize all minimum safety
design criteria and uniform specifications and symbols for signs,
markers, and traffic control devices established pursuant to any one
of the following or a combination of any of the following:
   (a) Sections 890.6 and 890.8.
   (b) The bicycle safety guidelines established by either of the
following, in each case as in effect as of January 1, 2012:
   (1) American Association of State Highway and Transportation
Officials.
   (2) National Association of City Transportation Officials.