BILL NUMBER: AB 819	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 8, 2012
	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  Sections 890.6 and 890.8  
Section 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 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 require the department to establish procedures for
cities, counties, and local agencies to  request approval to
  be granted exceptions from the requirement 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,   those criteria and
specifications  for purposes of research, experimentation,
 and   testing, evaluation, or 
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 891 of the   Streets
and Highways Code   is amended to read: 
   891.   (a)    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  , except as provided in
subdivision (b)  . 
   (b) The department shall establish procedures to permit exceptions
to the requirements of subdivision (a) for purposes of research,
experimentation, testing, evaluation, or verification.  

  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.