| 1 | The Growth Management Committee recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to bicycle lanes; directing the Department |
| 7 | of Transportation to select and fund a consultant to |
| 8 | perform a study of bicycle facilities connected to the |
| 9 | State Highway System; requiring the results of the study |
| 10 | be presented to the Governor and the Legislature; |
| 11 | providing for management of the study by the state |
| 12 | Pedestrian and Bicycle Coordinator; providing for |
| 13 | inclusion of certain elements in the study; requiring the |
| 14 | study include an implementation plan; providing an |
| 15 | effective date. |
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| 17 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 19 | Section 1. Bicycle program study.--Prior to October 1, |
| 20 | 2005, the Department of Transportation shall perform a bicycle |
| 21 | system study of bicycle facilities that are on or connected to |
| 22 | the State Highway System. The results of the bicycle system |
| 23 | study shall be presented to the Governor, the President of the |
| 24 | Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by |
| 25 | October 1, 2005. The bicycle system study shall include paved |
| 26 | bicycle lanes, bicycle trails, bicycle paths, and any route or |
| 27 | facility designated specifically for bicycle traffic. The study |
| 28 | shall be performed by a consultant selected and funded by the |
| 29 | department and shall be managed by the department's state |
| 30 | Pedestrian and Bicycle Coordinator. The study shall include: |
| 31 | (1) Review of department standards for bicycle lanes to |
| 32 | determine if they meet the needs of the state's bicyclists. |
| 33 | (2) Identification of state highways with existing |
| 34 | designated bicycle lanes. |
| 35 | (3) Identification of those state highways with no |
| 36 | designated bicycle lanes and any constraints to incorporating |
| 37 | these facilities. |
| 38 | (4) Providing electronic mapping of those facilities |
| 39 | identified in subsections (2) and (3). |
| 40 | (5) Identification of all bicycle facility needs on the |
| 41 | State Highway System. |
| 42 | (6) Review and identification of possible funding sources |
| 43 | for new or improved facilities. |
| 44 | (7) A proposed implementation plan that will identify the |
| 45 | incorporation of bicycle facilities on those state highways |
| 46 | programmed for rehabilitation or new construction in the |
| 47 | department's 5-year work program. The proposed plan will include |
| 48 | the costs associated within the work program to add these |
| 49 | facilities. |
| 50 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005. |