Take Action for a Better Arlington

Arlington is seeking input on their legislative agenda for next year.  In Virginia where state law largely governs the "rules of the road" and localities retain only the powers explicitly granted to them by the Commonwealth, these legislative agendas are important for defeating many barriers to sustainable mobility. 

We think it is important to support bike safety legislation that nearly passed last year (allowing bikes to yield rather than stop at stop signs where there is no conflicting traffic, allowing parents to ride next to their kids, and allowing bikes to follow pedestrian walk signals so they can benefit from leading pedestrian intervals) as well as supporting a move toward the comparative negligence standard rather than Virginia's contributory negligence standard that stacks the deck against vulnerable road users.