Official:Amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," by providing a new Chapter, entitled "Bicycle Lanes," requiring that the designation of bicycle lanes upon streets be authorized by ordinance, adding definitions and making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Greenlee
Introduced: May 3, 2012
Signed: June 7, 2012
: Committee on Streets and Services
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This law requires that new bicycle lanes on Philadelphia streets be authorized by City Council through an ordinance, rather than being designated solely by the Department of Streets.
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