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Committee postpones downtown pedestrian‑mall bill for technical clarifications
Summary
Council committee postponed Bill 48 (2025), which would extend Fort Street Mall rules onto portions of Chaplain Lane and other downtown pedestrian corridors, after church testimony about loading exemptions and transportation staff raised a technical ambiguity about whether state law classifies bicycles as vehicles.
Councilmember Tyler Dos Santos‑Tam introduced Bill 48 (2025), a proposal to expand Fort Street Mall rules to part of Chaplain Lane and other nearby downtown corridors to encourage pedestrian use and safer bicycling.
A representative from the Roman Catholic Church, identified at the hearing as Kaye, testified that the church supports downtown revitalization but…
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