In all my spare time, which means while commuting to work on my bike, I think about state legislation I’d like to see. Here is my list of the moment. Feel free to add suggestions.

Bicycling

• Remove far-to-the-right bike lane provisions, CVC 21202
• Flip parking in bike lanes from permissible unless posted to prohibited unless posted
• Require that all signals detect bicycles within two years
• Be explicit in CVC that placing waste containers in bike lanes is the same violation as leaving any material in a travel lane
• Require that all waste containers be inscribed with ‘do not place in bike lane’, and have reflective stripes on the sides of the container
• Implement ‘Idaho stop law’ (yield as stop) for stop sign controlled intersections

Pedestrians

• Require full traffic studies for the removal or crosswalks or prohibition of crossing, with the default position being that crosswalks will not be removed and prohibitions will not be created or continued
• Remove the prohibition on pedestrians crossing the street between signalized intersections on all streets 30 mph or less

Speed

• Change the prima facie speed limit for residential and commercial streets (local) from 25 mph to 20 mph; change to 20 mph or less for posted school zones
• Set the maximum speed allowable on collector streets to 30 mph; set the maximum allowable speed on arterial streets to 40 mph
• Allow automated speed enforcement everywhere

Schools

• Require law enforcement to send incident reports involving children going to or from school to school districts within 24 hours of completion, and investigations within 72 hours of completion
• Prohibit U-turns within school zones
• K-12 school districts and colleges/university would be required to have transportation demand management programs, since school-related traffic is a significant portion or overall traffic

Other

• Shift the burden of proof to the motor vehicle driver for all collisions with pedestrians and bicyclists involving fatality or severe injury
• Allow any citizen to challenge the professional license of an engineer who is aware of a traffic safety hazard and fails to request funding to mitigate that hazard
• Decriminalize transit fare evasion
• Allow conversion of any and all freeway lanes to toll