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House uncircles bill to adopt uniform bicycle facility standards
Summary
Lawmakers uncircled House Bill 196 to adopt established bicycle facility standards (AASHTO) for bikeways and bike lanes to promote consistency across jurisdictions and comply with federal grant requirements; sponsor argued UDOT supports the measure and cited liability concerns from abrupt changes in facility width.
The House moved and passed a motion to uncircle House Bill 196, Bicycle Facility Standards, making the measure available for further floor consideration.
Representative Bennion, sponsor, said HB196 adopts standards already used on state highways — citing the American Association of State Highways and Transportation Officials — to ensure consistent widths and design elements for bikeways, bike paths and bike lanes across jurisdictions and when federal grant money requires standard designs.
"What this is doing is just as we do with our highways, providing some conformity so that it's similar measurements, similar widths with a standardization," Bennion said, adding that the Utah Department of Transportation supports the bill. He also cited liability concerns if abrupt changes in width occur between adjoining jurisdictions.
The House recorded an affirmative voice vote and the motion to uncircle was treated as passing in the supplied segments. No floor amendments to the bill are recorded in the provided transcript excerpt.
