BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: June 6, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
Richard S. Gordon, Chair
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143 (Cannella) - As Introduced May 10, 2016
SENATE VOTE: 38-0
SUBJECT: National Bike Month
SUMMARY: Designates the month of May 2016 as National Bike
Month in California and encourages Californians to ride bicycles
for commuting and recreation. Specifically, this resolution
makes the following legislative findings:
1)National Bike Month was established in 1956 by the League of
American Bicyclists to showcase the many benefits of bicycling
and to encourage others to try biking.
2)National Bike Month is an opportunity to celebrate the unique
power of the bicycle and the many reasons to ride.
3)The League of American Bicyclists has ranked California as the
eighth most bicycle-friendly state, based on the state's 56
bicycle-friendly communities, 92 bicycle-friendly businesses,
and 14 bicycle-friendly universities.
4)The bicycle is an economic, healthy, convenient, and
environmentally sound form of transportation and an excellent
tool for recreation and the enjoyment California's scenic
beauty.
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5)Creating a bicycle-friendly community has been credited with
improving the health of local residents, growing local
economies, attracting tourism dollars, and reducing pollution
and road congestion.
6)The League of American Bicyclists estimates that Americans
saved $4.6 billion in 2012 by bicycling instead of driving an
automobile, based on the annual operating expense of $308 for
a bicycle and an $8,000 annual operating expense of a car.
FISCAL EFFECT: None
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
Support
None on file
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by:Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800