Tag: hb 1217
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Is lowering speed limits the key to increased safety on Dexter?
Alan Durning wrote a column for the Seattle Times earlier this week arguing that, in light of Mike Wang’s death and other senseless traffic fatalities in our state, Washington should follow nearby states and provinces by allowing municipalities to lower their speed limits. Sightline has since published a longer version of the column on their…
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The 20’s Plenty bill is just too polite for this year’s legislature
We reported earlier this week on the quiet death of HB 1217, which would have given municipalities the power to lower non-arterial speed limits to 20 mph. Taking a cue from similar campaigns elsewhere, I have dubbed the bill the 20’s Plenty bill. After passing the House, the Senate chose not to take it up…
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Complete streets bill passes House and Senate
The complete streets grant bill, HB 1071, passed the Senate yesterday 29-19. The bill needs a concurrence vote to settle differences in the Senate a House versions, then should go to the governor to be signed into law. With this vote, HB 1071 joins the Vulnerable Users Bill (SB 5326) as two good biking and…
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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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