Please Write to Your Delegate If You Haven’t Already!

Two bills of interest to cyclists are in final committee hearings this week.  They’ve both been passed by the Senate.

SB669, “maintenance funding for bike lanes,” a road diet bill, was heard by the House Transportation Committee at 8:30 AM Tuesday.  It was Reported Out of committee 18-1, and is now up for House vote.

SB117, the dooring bill, was heard by the House Courts of Justice Committee on Wednesday afternoon. It has also Reported Out, and is now up for a House vote.

If you haven’t written to your delegate, please do it now.  To make it easy, you can use WABA’s automated message.

“Thanks to everybody who has helped so far! We’re getting close. Let’s see if we can get it across the finish line.”  –Bud Vye

Related Articles:

• 2016 Legislative Wrap-Up: Dooring Bill Passes, Bike Lane Bill Fails
• ‘Maintenance Funding for Bike Lanes’ to Full House Transpo Committee; ‘Dooring’ to Courts of Justice Committee
• ‘Dooring’ Reports Out of Subcommittee; Maintenance Funding for Bike Lanes in Subcommittee Thurs.
• Dooring Bill Passes Senate; Bike Lane Maintenance Funding Clears Senate Committee
• Bike-Related Bills in the 2016 Virginia General Assembly