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Committee hears shared‑streets bill giving cities option to set 10 mph local zones
Summary
Senate Bill 5595 (companion HB 1772) would allow local authorities to designate non‑arterial streets as shared streets—where pedestrians, bicyclists and vehicles share space—and authorize local speed limits as low as 10 mph; sponsors and municipal traffic engineers testified in support.
Senate Bill 5595, heard March 13 by the House Transportation Committee, would permit local authorities to designate certain non‑arterial streets (excluding state highways) as ‘‘shared streets’’ where pedestrians, bicyclists, micromobility operators and vehicular traffic commingle. The bill provides a local option to set maximum speeds as low as 10 miles per hour on those streets and clarifies the right‑of‑way hierarchy: vehicles must yield to pedestrians, and bicyclists and micromobility operators must yield to pedestrians on shared streets.
Committee staff Jennifer Harris briefed the bill: it aligns with a companion House measure and…
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