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Bike Law University
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October 3, 2018by Ken McLeodThis article explores what it might look like if scooters, by law, became bicycles. It includes a table that looks at 12 topics that are covered in our Bike Law University series and considers how scooters fit within those topics.
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August 10, 2015by Liz Murphy
Last Friday, our #BikeChat dove deeper into our new set of model bike laws/legislation. We chatted with Ken McLeod, the League's Policy & Legal Specialist, about these three new and updated laws and how advocates might use them in their states. Want to learn more about bike laws? Check out our state resources here. -
January 21, 2015by Ken McLeod
While riding, most bicyclists are focused on their safety and their ride, rather than their rights. “Can I make this light?” “What is that car doing?” Rarely, a person riding may notice that they pass from one jurisdiction to another. Maybe there is a Bicycle Friendly Community sign celebrating that jurisdiction’s efforts to improve bicycling conditions, maybe there is a general purpose sign...
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January 13, 2015by Ken McLeod
In the latest edition of Bike Law University, the League's Legal Specialist Ken McLeod looks at dooring laws nationwide. Read more of his bike law analyses here. Dooring laws are laws that require people in a vehicle to open their door with a degree of care for moving traffic. A typical dooring law requires that a person opening a vehicle door ensure that it is reasonably safe to open the door,... -
December 16, 2013by Ken McLeod
It’s been a little less than a year since Bike Law University was launched last January. In that time the series has covered 10 categories of law that may affect cyclists and motorists as they share the road. To cap off the year we are updating the sections on Safe Passing laws, Share the Road license plates, Bicycling Under the Influence, Mandatory Helmet laws, and Where to Ride laws. -
August 22, 2013by Ken McLeodIdaho passed its law allowing bicyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs and red lights as stop signs in 1982. Since that time many bicycling advocates have attempted to spread this law to other states, and have been met with strong resistance. These efforts continue, as recently as this summer, and the strides that cyclists have made since the early 80s have not lessened the calls for this...
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March 12, 2013by Ken McLeod
Last week, more than 750 bicyclists from all 50 states gathered for the 2013 National Bike Summit — and several advocates were able to attend specifically because of their state's Share the Road license plate. As a beneficiary of the specialty plates, Georgia Bikes used some of it funding to provide scholarships for three key advocates working in underrepresented communities. But the Peach State...
