BILL NUMBER: AB 819	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	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  890.4   891  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  defines 3 classes of bikeways for its
purposes   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 include  a class IV bikeway among the
bikeways subject to the above provisions and would define a class IV
bikeway to include a segregated bike lane which provides exclusive
use of bicycles on streets, as specified   certain 
 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  .
   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 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 
Sections 890.6 and 890.8.   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.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 890.4 of the Streets and
Highways Code is amended to read:
   890.4.  As used in this article, "bikeway" means all facilities
that provide primarily for bicycle travel. For purposes of this
article, bikeways shall be categorized as follows:
   (a) Class I bikeways, such as a "bike path," which provide a
completely separated right-of-way designated for the exclusive use of
bicycles and pedestrians with crossflows by motorists minimized.
   (b) Class II bikeways, such as a "bike lane," which provide a
restricted right-of-way designated for the exclusive or semiexclusive
use of bicycles with through travel by motor vehicles or pedestrians
prohibited, but with vehicle parking and crossflows by pedestrians
and motorists permitted.
   (c) Class III bikeways, such as an onstreet or offstreet "bike
route," which provide a right-of-way designated by signs or permanent
markings and shared with pedestrians or motorists.
   (d) Class IV bikeways, such as "segregated bike lanes," which
provide a completely separated right-of-way designated for the
exclusive use of bicycles on streets and are demarcated by either a
physical barrier or by distinct paint markings, or both, to minimize
or prevent travel by motor vehicles.