Vehicles: bicycles on sidewalks.

Existing law generally regulates the operation of bicycles, including prohibiting a person from leaving a bicycle lying on its side on a sidewalk or parking a bicycle on a sidewalk in any other position, so that there is not an adequate path for pedestrian traffic. Existing law also authorizes a local authority to adopt rules and regulations by ordinance or resolution regarding the operation of bicycles on public sidewalks. A violation of the Vehicle Code is punishable as an infraction. This bill would, until January 1, 2031, and except as specified, prohibit a local authority from prohibiting the operation of a bicycle on a sidewalk adjacent to a highway or corridor that does not include a Class I, Class II, or Class IV bikeway, as defined, and would require the Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol to submit a report to the Legislature regarding the effects of that prohibition. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 21100 of the Vehicle Code proposed by SB 50 and AB 436 to be operative only if this bill and SB 50, this bill and AB 436, or this bill, SB 50, and AB 436 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.