February 27, 20134 Comments on More California bicycle bills 2013
More bike bills for California in 2013: Dedicated Safe Routes funding, Sustainable Communities vehicle registration fee, the highway shoulder as a bus lane, and flexibility in bikeways design.
On Monday, I posted on four bills under consideration by the California legislature that directly affect cyclists. A few more bills snuck under the wire of last Friday’s legislative deadline after I wrote that overview.
February 25, 20139 Comments on Four bills that affect California cyclists
Proposed laws include agency immunity from liability on any street with bike lanes; CEQA exemption for bike plans
The deadline to submit bills for the 2013 legislative session passed last Friday. Among the 2200 bills submitted by our representatives since the legislative year began, I’ve listed the bills I found that directly affect cyclists in California.
February 20, 20133 Comments on A symbolic tax on Washington bike purchases?
The Seattle Times calls a proposed $25 tax on new bicycle purchases in Washington state “symbolic.”
There’s even a $25 sales fee on bicycles worth $500 or more that raises a total $1 million over 10 years, included for largely symbolic reasons.
February 1, 20131 Comment on LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Transportation Secretary rumors
Feb 2 2013 Update: Villaraigosa rules out Transpo Secretary job.
As Antonio Villaraigosa remains on the short list of potential candidates for Secretary of Transportation, rumors swirled throughout the day that the Obama Administration reached out to the Los Angeles Mayor. The Mayor’s press office remains coy on the news, neither confirming nor denying the rumors.
January 29, 20131 Comment on Villaraigosa for Transportation Secretary?
The Los Angeles mayor is said to be a top contender to replace outgoing Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. What do you all think?
January 10, 20132 Comments on House Transportation Committee members and their transit ridership
Field Guide to the 113th Congress House of Representatives Transportation Committee and Their Support for Bicycling
Cap’n Transit in New York has done something pretty cool. He took the newly designated members of the US House of Representatives House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, looked up the American Community Survey numbers for the number of car-free households and transit riders in their respective districts, and created charts showing who these members represent.
Here are the Republican members of this committee from California, for example:
