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Council adopts bicycle ordinance allowing cautious rolling through stop signs after debate
Summary
The Jefferson City Council approved an ordinance allowing cyclists, after slowing and yielding, to proceed through stop signs and certain steady red signals. Council members debated right-of-way, enforcement and public outreach before adopting the measure on a 6-1 vote.
After extended discussion about how the new rule would operate in practice, the Jefferson City Council adopted Ordinance 2026-002 to allow persons operating bicycles to cautiously proceed through intersections controlled by stop signs or certain steady red signals after slowing and yielding to pedestrians and vehicles. Councilman Thompson framed the change as part of a broader trend: "We're not reinventing the bicycle wheel here today...there's numerous cities...that…
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