Tag: HB 1700

February 29, 2012

State’s safe street design and neighborhood speed bills make progress

Two bills that give municipalities more tools to make streets safer are making good progress in the state legislature. The Safe Neighborhood Speeds Bill (SHB 1217) is headed to the Senate floor for a final vote after passing the House 96-0. The bill — which would give municipalities the option of lowering speed limits on…
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tagged: 2012 legislature, bicycle alliance of washington, cascade bicycle club, hb 1217, HB 1700, HB 2370, neighborhood safe speeds bill
January 30, 2012

House unanimously passes Neighborhood Safe Speeds Bill

The Neighborhood Safe Speeds Bill (HB 1217) passed the state House 96-0, giving it a huge amount of momentum heading into the Senate. Last year, the bill died in the Senate’s Transportation Committee, but advocates and lawmakers have placed added emphasis on the low-controversy, no-cost safe streets bill this year. From the Bicycle Alliance of…
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tagged: bicycle alliance of washington, hb 1217, HB 1700, neighborhood safe speeds bill
April 5, 2011

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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tagged: 20’s plenty, 2011 legislature, aashto, complete streets, HB 1071, hb 1217, HB 1700, nacto, SB 5326
April 1, 2011

Vulnerable Users Bill gets a flat, but luckily we have a spare tube – UPDATED

HB 1339 has officially passed away in committee. But have no fear, the House has a spare Vulnerable Users Bill in its legislative pannier (as well as a canister of political CO2… okay, its an imperfect analogy). SB 5326 just needs to get to the floor of the House for a vote, have the differences…
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tagged: 2011 legislature, cascade bicycle club, HB 1071, HB 1339, HB 1700, SB 5326, transportation choices coalition
March 4, 2011

Still not convinced of the benefits of complete streets?

SDOT published a post on their blog with great before and after shots of the redesigned intersection at 15th Ave S and S Lander St. Sited a block from the light rail station, the intersection’s former design can be seen in many places around our city. Wide curb-to-curb distances force people walking to stay in…
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tagged: 15th ave s, 2011 legislature, beacon hill, complete streets, HB 1071, HB 1700, sdot
February 17, 2011

Better road design standards bill passes House Transportation Committee

Publicola reports that HB 1700, a bill that would ease state road design standards to give communities more tools for designing bicycle and pedestrian-friendly roads, has passed out of the House Transportation Committee. The bill is one of many being lead by freshman Representative Joe Fitzgibbon. Engineering guidelines by the Association of State Highway and…
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tagged: 2011 legislature, aashto, complete streets, HB 1700, joe fitzgibbon, nacto