The ordinance gets rid of fines for jaywalking, and it allows cyclists to treat stop signs more like yield signs and red lights like stop signs.
Cyclists wait at a red light during the Critical Mass bike ride in Anchorage, July 8, 2023.
North Anchorage Assembly member Daniel Volland was one of the authors of the ordinance. It adds definitions like “protected bike lane” and “vulnerable road user” to city code. Volland said that will allow for future bike-friendly infrastructure.
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