Oregon Senate bill seeks to strengthen bicycle passing law
Indecision about passing can lead to anger and bad choices. This bill looks to prevent that.
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Senator behind push for Bike Bill spending boost offers dose of reality
Eugene-area Senator Floyd Prozanski will play a big role in whether or not a major effort to boost bicycle spending in Oregon will get the green light.
Street Trust will seek amendment to Oregon ‘Bike Bill’ on law’s 50th anniversary
When Oregon’s landmark “Bike Bill” passed in 1971, America was in the throes of a major bike boom. 50 years later a group of Portland bike advocates think our current cycling resurgence is the right time to update it The nonprofit Street Trust has announced plans to seek an amendment to ORS 366.514. This law … Read more
Oregon’s Idaho Stop bill needs your help – this weekend! – to get over the finish line
Your emails this weekend could make all the difference.
Oregon’s version of ‘Idaho stop’ rolls closer to passage
Hopefully the bill can keep moving through the process without coming to a complete stop.
Oregon’s ‘Idaho Stop’ bill faces headwinds in Senate
Idaho Stop: Easy to do, hard to pass.
Senate committee passes ‘Idaho Stop’ bill allowing bicycle riders to yield at stop signs
10 years after it was last debated in the Oregon Legislature, a concept known as “Idaho Stop” has once again found its way into a bill. And it passed its first committee vote yesterday, just hours before a key legislative deadline. Senate Bill 998 wasn’t on anyone’s radar before last week. Up until then it … Read more
Prozanski puts brakes on helmet law expansion plan
The Oregonian is reporting that Oregon state senator Floyd Prozanski is backing off his idea to introduce a law would have made helmets mandatory for adults. The O’s Michelle Cole says Prozanski felt pressure to pull back due to the negative response he received. She wrote, “Prozanski also got a pounding this week from bloggers…”. … Read more
House passes safe passing legislation
[Updated 6/14/07, 7:51pm][Updated 6/15/07, 1:15pm] A bill that seemed to come out of nowhere (I didn’t know about it until I read the Statesman Journal this morning) and that started out having nothing to do with bicycle safety, has passed the House, and is set to become Oregon’s first safe passing legislation that specifically protects … Read more
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