Tag: 2011 legislature

February 9, 2011

Vulnerable User bill pace far ahead of last year

The Senate Judiciary Committee passed the Vulnerable User bill (SB 5326) 7-1 Monday. Next the bill moves to the Rules Committee, which is expected to place it on the floor calendar. There are still many ways for the bill to be stopped, but it is making a good pace. “We’re a couple weeks ahead of…
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tagged: 2011 legislature, cascade bicycle club, HB 1339, SB 5326, transportation choices coalition, vulnerable users bill
February 3, 2011

Two complete streets bills in Olympia this year

Complete streets are easier to cross on foot. They are safer for biking. They also reduce the number of car crashes, especially the rate of injury-causing higher speed wrecks. Basically, complete streets are about creating streets designed for people. Two bills in Olympia this year, HB 1700 and HB 1071, would ease the creation of…
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tagged: 2011 legislature, andy billig, cascade bicycle club, complete streets, HB 1071, HB 1700, joe fitzgibbon, marko liias, mike armstrong
January 21, 2011

Vulnerable User Bill finds very little resistance in Senate hearing (VIDEO)

For your weekend viewing pleasure, here’s video of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on SB 5326, otherwise known as the Vulnerable User Bill. Debate on the bill is somewhat interesting (if you’re into that kind of thing), but the testimony starting just after the 1hr mark is very moving. If you watch nothing else, you…
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tagged: 2011 legislature, adam kline, cas, vulnerable users bill
January 18, 2011

Cascade focusing on Vulnerable Users Bill

What is the appropriate penalty for killing a person with a car? Through practically any other method, causing a death due to negligence would be cause for a manslaughter charge. But currently, causing a death through negligent driving typically results in a simple traffic ticket. That is not right. Thus, the Vulnerable Users Bill is…
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tagged: 2011 legislature, cascade bicycle club, real change, vulnerable users bill
January 18, 2011

Bicycle Alliance pushes bill to ease setting of 20 mph limits

20’s Plenty For Us from Streetfilms on Vimeo. Rep. Cindy Ryu has introduced House Bill 1217, which will allow cities to set speed limits as low as 20 mph in residential and business districts. The Bicycle Alliance of Washington has named this bill one of its legislative priorities, and it already has a list of…
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tagged: 20’s plenty, 2011 legislature, bicycle alliance of washington, hb 1217, speed limits
January 14, 2011

‘Mutual Responsibility’ bill trades rights for space

A law mandating a distance of three-to-five feet of passing distance between motor vehicles and people riding bicycles likely appeals to any rider who has buzzed by a speeding car. Washington law currently mandates that drivers pass at a “safe distance,” but does not define how much distance is required. A bill, dubbed the “Mutual…
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tagged: 2011 legislature, HB 1018, jamie pedersen, washington state