BILL NUMBER: AB 2509	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hayashi

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act relating to transportation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2509, as introduced, Hayashi. Bicycles: parking.
   Existing law establishes various bicycle and other programs
related to nonmotorized transportation within the Department of
Transportation.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would decrease traffic congestion and carbon
emissions by promoting the use of alternative modes of transportation
through, among other things, requiring owners of buildings to
provide bicycle parking.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would decrease traffic congestion and carbon
emissions by promoting the use of alternative modes of transportation
through, among other things, requiring owners of buildings to
provide bicycle parking.