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CA Bike Coalition Refutes CHP’s Claims About 3-Foot Passing Law
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This article is re-published with permission from the California Bicycle Coalition blog. Update: Governor Jerry Brown has vetoed the 3-foot passing bill. His statement can be found here [PDF]. The California Bicycle Coalition has compiled evidence showing that 3-foot-passing laws haven’t had any negative impacts on traffic flows in other states that have enacted these […]
Safe Passing Bill for Bicyclists Wins Key Assembly Committee Vote
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The California Bicycle Coalition’s bill to give drivers clearer guidance about how to pass bicyclists safely was approved this week by the Assembly Transportation Committee in a raucous hearing that reflected California’s deeply conflicted relationship to motor vehicles and driving. Senate Bill 910, authored by Sen. Alan Lowenthal of Long Beach and co-sponsored by the City […]
California Bike Coalition Seeks More Representative Caltrans Standards
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The following is being republished from the monthly newsletter of the California Bicycle Coalition. When bicycling facilities help people feel safer, more people of all ages and abilities ride bikes. Yet the current statewide design standards keep California cities from building the kind of facilities envisioned by the Urban Bikeways Design Guide released earlier this […]