Bill Text: TX HB341 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study by the Texas Department of Transportation on traffic collisions involving persons operating bicycles, electric bicycles, or motor-assisted scooters.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-04-29 - Left pending in committee [HB341 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB341-Introduced.html
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| By: Morales of Harris | H.B. No. 341 | |
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| relating to a study by the Texas Department of Transportation on | ||
| traffic collisions involving persons operating bicycles, electric | ||
| bicycles, or motor-assisted scooters. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: | ||
| (1) "Bicycle" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
| 541.201, Transportation Code. | ||
| (2) "Bicycle lane" means a designated lane or other | ||
| part of a roadway set aside for the exclusive operation of bicycles. | ||
| (3) "Department" means the Texas Department of | ||
| Transportation. | ||
| (4) "Electric bicycle" has the meaning assigned by | ||
| Section 664.001, Transportation Code. | ||
| (5) "Motor-assisted scooter" has the meaning assigned | ||
| by Section 551.351, Transportation Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. STUDY ON BICYCLE LANES. (a) The department, in | ||
| consultation with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, shall | ||
| study the extent to which the availability of bicycle lanes reduces | ||
| the rate of traffic collisions involving persons operating | ||
| bicycles, electric bicycles, or motor-assisted scooters. | ||
| (b) In conducting the study, the department shall: | ||
| (1) examine collision reports received by the | ||
| department and any other relevant information available to the | ||
| department and compile the following information about traffic | ||
| collisions involving persons operating bicycles, electric | ||
| bicycles, or motor-assisted scooters in this state: | ||
| (A) demographic data of persons suffering injury | ||
| or death; | ||
| (B) geographic areas in which collisions | ||
| occurred and the population density of those areas; | ||
| (C) times of day of collisions; | ||
| (D) causes of collisions; and | ||
| (E) whether collisions occurred in bicycle | ||
| lanes; and | ||
| (2) analyze whether the information demonstrates that | ||
| the availability of bicycle lanes reduces the rate of traffic | ||
| collisions involving persons operating bicycles, electric | ||
| bicycles, or motor-assisted scooters. | ||
| (c) Not later than January 1, 2027, the department shall | ||
| submit to the legislature a report on the findings of the study | ||
| conducted under this section. The report must also include: | ||
| (1) information on the availability of bicycle lanes | ||
| throughout this state; | ||
| (2) recommendations on roadway lane designations and | ||
| layouts that reduce traffic collisions involving persons operating | ||
| bicycles, electric bicycles, or motor-assisted scooters; and | ||
| (3) a discussion of whether the inclusion of any | ||
| additional information in collision reports described by Chapter | ||
| 550, Transportation Code, would facilitate future analysis of | ||
| traffic collisions inside and outside bike lanes involving persons | ||
| operating bicycles, electric bicycles, or motor-assisted scooters. | ||
| SECTION 3. EXPIRATION. This Act expires February 1, 2027. | ||
| SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September | ||
| 1, 2025. | ||
