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Committee advances shared‑streets bill with amendment allowing CBD state highways; 16‑9 vote
Summary
Engrossed Senate Bill 5595 would allow local authorities to designate certain nonarterial streets as shared streets with a 10 mph maximum speed and specific yield rules among pedestrians, bicyclists and vehicles.
Engrossed Senate Bill 5595 would authorize local authorities to designate a nonarterial street as a "shared street," where pedestrians, bicyclists and vehicular traffic may share all or part of the roadway. The bill sets a maximum speed of 10 miles per hour on shared streets, requires vehicles to yield to pedestrians, and requires bicyclists and micromobility device operators to yield to pedestrians.
Representative Timmons offered amendment H-2051.2 to authorize local authorities to designate…
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