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California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 1193


Introduced by Assembly Member Ting

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(Coauthor: Assembly Member Gatto)

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(Coauthors: Assembly Members Bloom, Gatto, Lowenthal, and Wieckowski)

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February 22, 2013


An act to amend Sections 890.4begin insert, 890.6,end insert and 891begin insert of, to add Section 885.1 to, and to repeal Section 891.1end insert ofbegin insert,end insert the Streets and Highways Code, relating to bikeways.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1193, as amended, Ting. Bikeways.

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Existing

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begin insert(1)end insertbegin insertend insertbegin insertExisting end insertlaw defines “bikeway” for certain purposes to mean all facilities that provide primarily for bicycle travel. Existing law categorizes bikeways into 3 classes of facilities.

This bill would additionally provide forbegin delete a classification ofend delete Class IV bikeways,begin insert also known as cycle tracks or separated bikeways,end insert as specified.

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begin insert(2)end insertbegin insertend insertbegin insertExisting end insertlaw requires the Department of Transportation, in cooperation with county and city governments, to establishbegin insert and updateend insert minimum safety design criteria for the planning and construction of bikeways, and requires the department to establish uniform specifications and symbols regarding bicycle travel and bicycle traffic related matters. 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 allbegin insert of thoseend insert minimum safety design criteria and uniform specifications and symbolsbegin delete for signs, markers, and traffic control devices established pursuant to that lawend delete.

This bill would require the department, in cooperation with local agencies, to establish minimum safety design criteria forbegin delete Class IV bikeways.end deletebegin insert each class of bikeways, with consideration for the safety of vulnerable populations, as specified. The bill would require all city, county, regional, and other local agencies to utilize the uniform specifications and symbols for signs, markers, and traffic control devices established by the department and would authorize those agencies to utilize the minimum safety design criteria.end insert

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(3) Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to establish, by June 30, 2013, procedures for cities, counties, and local agencies to be granted exceptions from the requirement to use design criteria and uniform specifications for purposes of research, experimentation, testing, evaluation, or verification. Existing law requires the department, by November 1, 2014, to report to the transportation policy committees of both houses of the Legislature the steps that the department has taken to implement those requirements, including, but not limited to, information regarding requests received and granted by the department from July 1, 2013, to June 30, 2014, inclusive, for those exceptions, and the reasons the department rejected any requests for those exceptions.

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This bill would repeal those requirements.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insertThe Legislature finds and declares all of the
2following:end insert

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P3    1(a) It is the goal of the state to increase the number of trips
2Californians take by bicycle and other forms of active
3transportation in order to help meet the state’s greenhouse gas
4emissions reduction goals, improve Californians’ health by helping
5more people be active, and stimulate the economy.

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6(b) Protected bikeways are proven to attract many more people
7to bicycling and to reduce collision rates compared to unimproved
8streets or streets with typical bike lanes.

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9(c) Property and businesses adjacent to protected bikeways
10experience increases in real estate values and sales compared to
11unimproved streets.

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12(d) Bicycling accounts for 2,000,000 trips every day in
13California, showing growth in all groups, in particular among
14people of color.

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15(e) Safe street-level bikeways are proven to reduce bike riding
16on the sidewalk, wrong-way riding, and other illegal or unsafe
17bicycling practices.

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18(f) It is the objective of the state to encourage the planning,
19design, and construction of protected bikeways in a manner that
20improves safety for all users, including motorists, transit users,
21pedestrians, and persons with disabilities, with special attention
22to the needs of visually impaired persons.

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begin insertSEC. 2.end insert  

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begin insertSection 885.1 is added to the end insertbegin insertStreets and Highways
24Code
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begin insert885.1.end insert  

This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the
26Protected Bikeways Act of 2014.

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Section 890.4 of the Streets and Highways Codebegin delete,end delete is
29amended to read:

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890.4.  

As used in this article, “bikeway” means all facilities
31that provide primarily for bicycle travel. For purposes of this
32article, bikeways shall be categorized as follows:

33(a) Class I bikeways, also known as “bike paths” or “shared-use
34paths,” which provide a completely separated right-of-way
35designated for the exclusive use of bicycles and pedestrians with
36crossflows by motorists minimized.

37(b) Class II bikeways, also known as “bike lanes,” which provide
38a restricted right-of-way designated for the exclusive or
39semiexclusive use of bicycles with through travel by motor vehicles
P4    1or pedestrians prohibited, but with vehicle parking and crossflows
2by pedestrians and motorists permitted.

3(c) Class III bikeways, also known as onstreet or offstreet “bike
4routes,” which provide a right-of-way designated by signs or
5permanent markings and shared with pedestrians and motorists.

6(d) Class IV bikeways, also known asbegin delete “cycletracks”end deletebegin insert “cycle
7tracksend insert
begin insertend insert orbegin delete “protected bike lanes,”end deletebegin insert “separated bikeways,end insertbegin insertend insert which
8provide a right-of-way designated exclusively for bicycle travel
9within a roadway and which are protected frombegin delete other vehicle traffic
10with devices, including, but not limited to,end delete
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11of separation include, but are not limited to,end insert
grade separation,
12flexible posts, inflexible physical barriers, orbegin delete parked carsend deletebegin insert on-street
13parkingend insert
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begin insertSection 890.6 of the end insertbegin insertStreets and Highways Codeend insertbegin insert is
15amended to read:end insert

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890.6.  

The department, in cooperation with county and city
17governments, shall establish minimum safety design criteria for
18the planning and construction ofbegin delete bikewaysend deletebegin insert each classend insertbegin insert of bikeway
19identified in Section 890.4end insert
and roadways where bicycle travel is
20permitted. The criteria shall include, but not be limited to, the
21design speed of the facility, minimum widths and clearances, grade,
22radius of curvature, pavement surface, actuation of automatic traffic
23control devices, drainage, and general safetybegin insert, with consideration
24for the safety of vulnerable populations, such as children, seniors,
25persons with impaired vision, and persons of limited mobilityend insert
. The
26criteria shall be updated biennially, or more often, as needed.

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Section 891 of the Streets and Highways Code is
29amended to read:

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891.  

begin delete(a)end deletebegin deleteend deleteAll city, county, regional, and other local agencies
31responsible for the development or operation of bikeways or
32roadways where bicycle travel is permittedbegin delete shallend deletebegin insert mayend insert utilizebegin delete allend delete
33begin insert the end insert minimum safety design criteriabegin insert established pursuant to Section
34890.6end insert
andbegin insert shall utilize theend insert uniform specifications and symbols for
35signs, markers, and traffic control devices established pursuant to
36begin delete Sections 890.6 and 890.8, except as provided in subdivision (b).end delete

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37(b) The department shall establish procedures to permit
38exceptions to the requirements of subdivision (a) for purposes of
39research, experimentation, testing, evaluation, or verification.

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begin deleteP5    1(c) The department, in cooperation with local agencies, shall
2 establish minimum safety design criteria for Class IV bikeways,
3as designated in Section 890.4.end delete
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begin insertSection 891.1 of the end insertbegin insertStreets and Highways Codeend insertbegin insert is
5repealed.end insert

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891.1.  

(a) The department shall, by November 1, 2014, submit
7a report to the transportation policy committees of both houses of
8the Legislature that describes the steps the department has taken
9to implement the requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 891
10related to permitting exceptions to the requirements of subdivision
11(a) of Section 891. The report shall include, but not be limited to,
12all of the following:

13(1) The number of requests the department has received from
14cities, counties, and local agencies from July 1, 2013, to June 30,
152014, inclusive.

16(2) The number of exceptions the department granted during
17that year.

18(3) If any requests were rejected, the reasons why those requests
19were not approved.

20(b)  This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2015, and,
21as of January 1, 2016, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
22that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2016, deletes or
23extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.

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