The TAMC Board takes positions on draft state legislation; staff brings bills that may be of interest to the Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities Advisory Committee for discussion and input. On the draft May TAMC bill list, Assembly Bill 825 (Bryan): "Vehicles: Bicycles on Sidewalks" would prohibit local authorities from prohibiting bicycles on sidewalks adjacent to a highway or corridor that does not include a class I, II, or IV bikeway, requires bikes to yield to pedestrians, and establishes a 10 miles per hour speed limit for bikes on sidewalks. A "Highway" as defined in Ca. Vehicle Code § 360 “is a way or place of whatever nature, publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. Highway includes street.”
The bill's draft language and other information is online as a web attachment. An analysis prepared for the Assembly Transportation Committee's March 20 hearing is attached. TAMC currently has a "watch" position on this bill. TAMC staff asks for
the Committee to provide feedback as to whether the Board may want to
take a position on this bill.