{"id":15228,"date":"2016-04-21T13:55:46","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T20:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/?p=15228"},"modified":"2016-04-21T13:56:34","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T20:56:34","slug":"2016-legislative-session-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2016\/04\/21\/2016-legislative-session-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Legislative Session Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-14129\" src=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Kidical-Mass-Wenatchee-Ride-300x400.jpg\" alt=\"Kidical Mass Wenatchee Ride\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Kidical-Mass-Wenatchee-Ride-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Kidical-Mass-Wenatchee-Ride.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The 2016 state legislative session represented a time to assess and solidify gains following the 2015 legislative session. Last year <a href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2015\/07\/10\/wa-state-transportation-package-puts-biking-dollars-at-all-time-high\/\">state leaders made historic investments in bicycling, health, and safety<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2015\/04\/14\/legislature-approves-bill-grow-outdoor-recreation\/\">made\u00a0advances in promoting outdoor recreation<\/a>, and passed our priority legislation <a href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2015\/04\/20\/governor-inslee-signs-dead-red-bill-law\/\">that addresses broken red lights for bicycle riders<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A\u00a0status report on the 2016 priorities based on <a href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2015\/12\/23\/2016-washington-bikes-legislative-agenda\/\">our legislative agenda<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Investments that get Washingtonians where they want to go:<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Retain historic funding levels made by 2015 Legislature for the Safe Routes to School Grant Program, Bicycle Pedestrian Safety Grant Program, Complete Streets Grant Program, as well as the bicycle and pedestrian project list. <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>End of session outcome: <\/strong>Through the supplemental budget, progress continues on implementing the historic investment<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Protecting Trails Statewide:<\/strong><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 Washington Bikes will monitor and explore the potential for additional investments that connect and improve trails for neighboring residents, visitors, and neighboring communities that benefit from the economic opportunities that trails bring via the $3.1 billion that bicycle riders spend in Washington state. <\/span><\/b>\n<div id=\"attachment_15206\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15206\" class=\"wp-image-15206 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/John-Wayne-Trail-Iron-Horse-State-Park-sign-bike-rider-150x150.png\" alt=\"Iron Horse Trail is a western portion of the John Wayne Pioneer Trail. Pic by Visit Kittitas County.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iron Horse Trail is a western portion of the John Wayne Pioneer Trail. Pic by Visit Kittitas County.<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>End of session outcome:<\/strong><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Through lobbying by supporters of the John Wayne Pioneer Trail, a budget proviso of $100,000 (not new money) was included to direct Washington State Parks to control invasive species along the trail.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Growing the Multimillion Dollar Bicycle Travel &amp; Tourism Industry: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Funding for a study of the economic impact of bicycle travel and tourism by the Department of Commerce will help quantify the industry and improve strategies to grow our state\u2019s economy. <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>End of session outcome:<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Conversations about the need for growing bicycle travel and tourism continued and will be a priority in future years.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Strengthen Washington State\u2019s Distracted Driving Laws: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Washington Traffic Safety Commission (WTSC) agency request legislation would improve upon the current law by broadening the definition so that any person (with much narrower exceptions) operating a motor vehicle while holding a personal wireless communications device is guilty of a traffic infraction. <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>End of session outcome: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Again, this legislation fell short.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Looking toward 2017 with many budget challenges looming (particularly around education), many are expecting a challenging legislative session. Over the summer Washington Bikes will be working with partners and stakeholders statewide to craft its upcoming legislative agenda. <a href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/sign-e-news\/\">Stay in touch to know what\u2019s happening<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2016 state legislative session represented a time to assess and solidify gains following the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[18,44,76,14],"tags":[169,463,455,462,237],"class_list":["post-15228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advocacy","category-bike-issues-advocacy","category-tourism","category-trails","tag-bike-tourism","tag-funding","tag-john-wayne-pioneer-trail","tag-legislature","tag-trails-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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