Pedestrians
Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Injury or Death of Vulnerable Individual - Penalties [HB-721]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Prohibiting an individual from causing the serious physical injury or death of a vulnerable individual as a result of the individual operating a vehicle in a careless or distracted manner or in violation of any provision of the Maryland Vehicle Law; defining "vulnerable individual" as a pedestrian, including certain workers and emergency services personnel, an individual walking an animal, or an individual lawfully operating certain modes of transport; establishing certain financial penalties and including community service; etc.
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Vehicle Laws - Injury or Death of Vulnerable Individual - Penalties [SB-512]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
Prohibiting an individual from causing the serious physical injury or death of a vulnerable individual as a result of the individual operating a vehicle in a careless or distracted manner or in violation of any provision of the Maryland Vehicle Law; defining "vulnerable individual" as a pedestrian, including certain workers and emergency services personnel, an individual walking an animal, or an individual lawfully operating certain modes of transport; establishing certain penalties, including community service; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Overtaking and Passing Bicycles, EPAMDs, or Motor Scooters [HB-710]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the driver of a vehicle to drive on the left side of the roadway in a no-passing zone to overtake and pass at a safe distance a bicycle, an EPAMD, or a motor scooter traveling in the same direction if the vehicle is driven in accordance with certain provisions of law and the driver reasonably believes, based on weather, road, and vehicular or pedestrian traffic conditions, that the adjustment does not endanger, impede, or interfere with another vehicle.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Education - School Construction - Pedestrian Safety Plans [HB-615]
[Education ]
[Construction ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring certain county boards of education seeking State funds for the construction of a new school, or the renovation of or an addition to an existing school that would increase the capacity by more than 100 students, to submit a pedestrian safety plan to the Interagency Commission on School Construction under certain circumstances; requiring the Commission to review the plans in consultation with the State Highway Administration; providing for the contents of the plan to ensure safe routes for students to walk or bike to school; etc.
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Crosswalks. [HB-2666]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Requires a vehicle approaching a crosswalk from the opposite direction of another vehicle stopped at that crosswalk to yield and not proceed until a pedestrian, if any, has crossed the roadway.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Highway Administration - Highway Work Permits - Pedestrian Access (Pedestrian Access Act of 2020) [SB-285]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
Requiring a person that obtains a highway work permit from the State Highway Administration to maintain a safe alternative pedestrian path at work sites that are within 1 mile of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority or Maryland Transit Administration rail or bus rapid transit stations, including Maryland Area Regional Commuter (MARC) stations; requiring the Administration to compile, publish, and make available information on best practices for the maintenance of pedestrian access in certain areas; etc.
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Crosswalks. [SB-2672]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Requires a vehicle approaching a crosswalk from the opposite direction of another vehicle stopped at that crosswalk to yield and not proceed until a pedestrian, if any, has crossed the roadway.
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Arizona Fifty-fourth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2020)
Pedestrians; street crossing; medians [HB-2474]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Pedestrians; street crossing; medians
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Highway Administration - Highway Work Permits - Pedestrian Access (Pedestrian Access Act of 2020) [HB-194]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
Requiring a person that obtains a highway work permit from the State Highway Administration to maintain a safe alternative pedestrian path at work sites that are within 1 mile of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority rail or bus rapid transit stations or Maryland Transit Administration rail or bus rapid transit stations, including Maryland Area Regional Commuter (MARC) stations; requiring the Administration to make available information on best practices for the maintenance of pedestrian access in certain areas; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Counties - Construction of Sidewalks and Crosswalks - Safe Alternative Routes to Public Schools [SB-65]
[Education ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring a county board of education to prepare and post on the county's website each year a report that identifies certain information related to transportation services for certain public school students and certain safe alternative routes; requiring the governing body of a county to construct sidewalks and crosswalks necessary to create safe alternative routes for public school students who are ineligible for transportation services based on the distance between a residence and the school; etc.
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Crosswalk Safety. [HB-1256]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Clarifies the requirement that a driver of a motor vehicle yield to or stop for a pedestrian by specifying when a pedestrian is considered to be within an intersection or adjacent crosswalk or crossing the roadway within a crosswalk.
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Crosswalk Safety. [HB-729]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Clarifies when a pedestrian is crossing the roadway within a crosswalk for pedestrians' right-of-way in crosswalks and when a pedestrian is lawfully within an intersection or adjacent crosswalk for traffic control signal purposes.
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Crosswalk Safety. [SB-129]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Clarifies when a pedestrian is crossing the roadway within a crosswalk for pedestrians' right-of-way in crosswalks and when a pedestrian is lawfully within an intersection or adjacent crosswalk for traffic control signal purposes.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Riverdale Park Station Pedestrian Improvements [HB-1540]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Construction ]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $350,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the College Park City-University Partnership, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of walkways, trails, and a public "Village Green" at Riverdale Park Station, located in Prince George's County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Roadways - Crossing by Pedestrians of Roadways - Authority of Local Jurisdictions [HB-1079]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing local jurisdictions to regulate the crossing by pedestrians of roadways between adjacent intersections at which traffic control signals are not in operation; and establishing a specified civil penalty for a violation.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Bicycles, Play Vehicles, and Unicycles - Operation on Sidewalks and in Crosswalks [HB-997]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing that, subject to specified provisions of law, a person has specified rights and is subject to specified restrictions applicable to pedestrians while the person is lawfully operating a bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle on a sidewalk or sidewalk area or in or through a crosswalk; providing that, at an intersection, a person operating a bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle is subject to specified traffic control signals; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Bicycles, Play Vehicles, and Unicycles - Operation on Sidewalks and in Crosswalks [SB-925]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing that, subject to specified provisions of law, a person has specified rights and is subject to specified restrictions applicable to pedestrians while the person is lawfully operating a bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle on a sidewalk or sidewalk area or in or through a crosswalk; providing that, at an intersection, a person operating a bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle is subject to specified traffic control signals; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Bicycles - Use of Crosswalks [HB-527]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a person to ride a bicycle in or through a crosswalk in a place where a person may not lawfully ride a bicycle on a sidewalk or sidewalk area; providing that a person riding a bicycle in or through a crosswalk is subject to specified traffic control signals; prohibiting a person riding a bicycle in or through a crosswalk from suddenly leaving the curb or other place of safety and moving into the path of a vehicle that is so close that it is impossible for the driver to yield; etc.
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Maine 128th Legislature
An Act To Require Pedestrians To Wear Reflective Clothing on Public Ways after Sunset [HB-1011]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
An Act To Require Pedestrians To Wear Reflective Clothing on Public Ways after Sunset
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Pedestrian Hybrid Beacons [HB-578]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing that a pedestrian hybrid beacon is a traffic control signal; establishing that specified provisions of law do not apply to pedestrian hybrid beacons; authorizing the State Highway Administration or a local jurisdiction to install a pedestrian hybrid beacon in accordance with the federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices; etc.