Fairhope, Alabama
Update from a committee member:
" I am a member of the Bike-Ped committee and just want to clarify that the biggest discrepancy between the city ordinance and the state law is that the ordinance makes it "not unlawful" to ride on sidewalks outside of the central business district while the state law says that it is against the law to ride on any sidewalks. The city ordinances do designate a few sidewalks downtown as bike paths but the big discrepancy is outside of downtown, where the city allows riding on sidewalks and the state doesn't."
BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN COMMITTEE MEETS
Police Officer Bunky Bishop told the committee that some older city ordinances regarding bicycles do not comply with current Alabama law and need to be revised.
The local laws say riding bicycles are permitted only on a few "designated bike paths" -- but many new paths have been constructed since the ordnance was written, apparently in the 1980s.
The discrepancies were brought to his attention by a committee member.
Bishop: "Some of the municipal laws for bicycles are so wrong ... go against state law ... and common sense ... designated bike paths are inconsistent ... got to revisit this ... take it to city attorney? ... to make conform to state laws ... ."
Update from a committee member:
" I am a member of the Bike-Ped committee and just want to clarify that the biggest discrepancy between the city ordinance and the state law is that the ordinance makes it "not unlawful" to ride on sidewalks outside of the central business district while the state law says that it is against the law to ride on any sidewalks. The city ordinances do designate a few sidewalks downtown as bike paths but the big discrepancy is outside of downtown, where the city allows riding on sidewalks and the state doesn't."
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| Bishop second from right |
BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN COMMITTEE MEETS
Police Officer Bunky Bishop told the committee that some older city ordinances regarding bicycles do not comply with current Alabama law and need to be revised.The local laws say riding bicycles are permitted only on a few "designated bike paths" -- but many new paths have been constructed since the ordnance was written, apparently in the 1980s.
The discrepancies were brought to his attention by a committee member.
Bishop: "Some of the municipal laws for bicycles are so wrong ... go against state law ... and common sense ... designated bike paths are inconsistent ... got to revisit this ... take it to city attorney? ... to make conform to state laws ... ."
Comments
last comment about bicyclists being road kill is nothing short of chilling. You sound like one angry vindictive old man who got cut off by a bike once ten years ago and can't let it go. I truly hope you're not out behind the wheel much anymore