{"id":12047,"date":"2015-03-03T09:59:07","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T17:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/?p=12047"},"modified":"2015-03-03T09:59:07","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T17:59:07","slug":"ssb-5438-faulty-traffic-signals-bill-passes-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2015\/03\/03\/ssb-5438-faulty-traffic-signals-bill-passes-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"SSB 5438 \u2013 Faulty Traffic Signals Bill \u2013 Passes Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night Substitute Senate Bill (SSB) 5438 passed on a Senate floor vote of 45-3. With its passage this legislation, which provides bicycle riders a safe and reasonable procedure to proceed through broken traffic signals that fail to detect bicycles, moves to the Washington State House of Representatives.<\/h3>\n
\"Someday,<\/a>

Someday, all traffic signals will detect bicycle riders, until then SB 5438 provides a safe protocol to address getting stuck at red lights<\/p><\/div>\n

By a strong 45-3 vote, Substitute Senate Bill 5438 was voted out of the Senate. SSB 5438 builds on legislation passed in 2014 allowing for motorcycles to\u00a0stop and proceed or make left-hand turns through traffic control signals that do not detect motorcycles under certain very limited\u00a0conditions with a specific protocol that is clear and understood by law enforcement<\/a>. For the first time ever, Washington Bikes sought to include electric-assisted bicycles in legislation, noting the increase in popularity of these bicycles.<\/p>\n

In the Senate Transportation Committee, the bill was amended<\/a> to make some improvements, including accounting for carbon fiber bikes that are even more challenging for many traffic signals to detect than standard metal frames.<\/p>\n

Washington Bikes thanks Senator King for his sponsorship of SSB 5438 and continuing support of legislation that improves predictability and gives bicycle riders a clear protocol for dealing with faulty transportation infrastructure that doesn’t detect their bikes.<\/p>\n

————————————————————————————————————————-<\/em><\/p>\n

Join us March 16-17 for the Washington Bike Summit! Learn about the state-of-the-art to grow bicycling and get inspired! www.wabikes\/summit<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last night Substitute Senate Bill (SSB) 5438 passed on a Senate floor vote of 45-3. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wa-bikes-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSSB 5438 \u2013 Faulty Traffic Signals Bill \u2013 Passes Senate<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Last night Substitute Senate Bill (SSB) 5438 passed on a Senate floor vote of 45-3. With its passage from the Senate this legislation that provides bicycle riders a safe and reasonable procedure to proceed through broken traffic signals that fail to detect bicycles moves to the state House of Representatives.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2015\/03\/03\/ssb-5438-faulty-traffic-signals-bill-passes-senate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SSB 5438 \u2013 Faulty Traffic Signals Bill \u2013 Passes Senate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Last night Substitute Senate Bill (SSB) 5438 passed on a Senate floor vote of 45-3. With its passage from the Senate this legislation that provides bicycle riders a safe and reasonable procedure to proceed through broken traffic signals that fail to detect bicycles moves to the state House of Representatives.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2015\/03\/03\/ssb-5438-faulty-traffic-signals-bill-passes-senate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Washington Bikes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-03-03T17:59:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bs_loop.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Blake Trask\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Blake Trask\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2015\/03\/03\/ssb-5438-faulty-traffic-signals-bill-passes-senate\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2015\/03\/03\/ssb-5438-faulty-traffic-signals-bill-passes-senate\/\",\"name\":\"SSB 5438 \u2013 Faulty Traffic Signals Bill \u2013 Passes Senate\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2015\/03\/03\/ssb-5438-faulty-traffic-signals-bill-passes-senate\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2015\/03\/03\/ssb-5438-faulty-traffic-signals-bill-passes-senate\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bs_loop.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-03-03T17:59:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-03-03T17:59:07+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/#\/schema\/person\/c683b22a163ce639c48ada6fb4e6c011\"},\"description\":\"Last night Substitute Senate Bill (SSB) 5438 passed on a Senate floor vote of 45-3. With its passage from the Senate this legislation that provides bicycle riders a safe and reasonable procedure to proceed through broken traffic signals that fail to detect bicycles moves to the state House of Representatives.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2015\/03\/03\/ssb-5438-faulty-traffic-signals-bill-passes-senate\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2015\/03\/03\/ssb-5438-faulty-traffic-signals-bill-passes-senate\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2015\/03\/03\/ssb-5438-faulty-traffic-signals-bill-passes-senate\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bs_loop.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bs_loop.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2015\/03\/03\/ssb-5438-faulty-traffic-signals-bill-passes-senate\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"SSB 5438 \u2013 Faulty Traffic Signals Bill \u2013 Passes Senate\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/\",\"name\":\"Washington Bikes\",\"description\":\"People who bike make a difference\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/#\/schema\/person\/c683b22a163ce639c48ada6fb4e6c011\",\"name\":\"Blake Trask\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0e7ec761bb9fbfb7206e15724051399a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0e7ec761bb9fbfb7206e15724051399a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Blake Trask\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/author\/blaketrask\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"SSB 5438 \u2013 Faulty Traffic Signals Bill \u2013 Passes Senate","description":"Last night Substitute Senate Bill (SSB) 5438 passed on a Senate floor vote of 45-3. With its passage from the Senate this legislation that provides bicycle riders a safe and reasonable procedure to proceed through broken traffic signals that fail to detect bicycles moves to the state House of Representatives.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2015\/03\/03\/ssb-5438-faulty-traffic-signals-bill-passes-senate\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"SSB 5438 \u2013 Faulty Traffic Signals Bill \u2013 Passes Senate","og_description":"Last night Substitute Senate Bill (SSB) 5438 passed on a Senate floor vote of 45-3. With its passage from the Senate this legislation that provides bicycle riders a safe and reasonable procedure to proceed through broken traffic signals that fail to detect bicycles moves to the state House of Representatives.","og_url":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2015\/03\/03\/ssb-5438-faulty-traffic-signals-bill-passes-senate\/","og_site_name":"Washington Bikes","article_published_time":"2015-03-03T17:59:07+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bs_loop.jpg"}],"author":"Blake Trask","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Blake Trask","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2015\/03\/03\/ssb-5438-faulty-traffic-signals-bill-passes-senate\/","url":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2015\/03\/03\/ssb-5438-faulty-traffic-signals-bill-passes-senate\/","name":"SSB 5438 \u2013 Faulty Traffic Signals Bill \u2013 Passes Senate","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2015\/03\/03\/ssb-5438-faulty-traffic-signals-bill-passes-senate\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2015\/03\/03\/ssb-5438-faulty-traffic-signals-bill-passes-senate\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bs_loop.jpg","datePublished":"2015-03-03T17:59:07+00:00","dateModified":"2015-03-03T17:59:07+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/#\/schema\/person\/c683b22a163ce639c48ada6fb4e6c011"},"description":"Last night Substitute Senate Bill (SSB) 5438 passed on a Senate floor vote of 45-3. With its passage from the Senate this legislation that provides bicycle riders a safe and reasonable procedure to proceed through broken traffic signals that fail to detect bicycles moves to the state House of Representatives.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2015\/03\/03\/ssb-5438-faulty-traffic-signals-bill-passes-senate\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2015\/03\/03\/ssb-5438-faulty-traffic-signals-bill-passes-senate\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2015\/03\/03\/ssb-5438-faulty-traffic-signals-bill-passes-senate\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bs_loop.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bs_loop.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2015\/03\/03\/ssb-5438-faulty-traffic-signals-bill-passes-senate\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"SSB 5438 \u2013 Faulty Traffic Signals Bill \u2013 Passes Senate"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/","name":"Washington Bikes","description":"People who bike make a difference","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/#\/schema\/person\/c683b22a163ce639c48ada6fb4e6c011","name":"Blake Trask","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0e7ec761bb9fbfb7206e15724051399a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0e7ec761bb9fbfb7206e15724051399a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Blake Trask"},"url":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/author\/blaketrask\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p36Q8O-38j","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12047"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12047\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}