Committee reviews bicycle-signal and intersection language; outreach required by DMV

The House Committee on Transportation considered an amendment to a motor-vehicle bill that would revise how bicycles are governed at signalized intersections and require statewide outreach by the motor-vehicles agency.

The amendment, explained by Damian Leonard, legislative counsel, would insert three sections into the motor-vehicle bill: a provision clarifying that bicyclists must follow traffic control devices but may proceed when facing a pedestrian "walk" signal; a definition and rule set for dedicated bicycle control signals; and an education-and-outreach requirement for the commissioner of motor vehicles. "An individual, operating a bicycle shall follow all traffic control devices and traffic control signals, except that an individual operating the bicycle who's facing a walk signal may make a turn or proceed across the roadway or…