City Council Hearing on Bike Safety Legislation

8:26 PM EDT on March 12, 2007

The City Council Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on:

Proposed Int 24-A - A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to bicycles used for commercial purposes (requiring helmets).

Proposed Int 58-A - A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring that businesses that use bicycle operators and delivery services that dispatch bicycle operators post signs at the place of employment detailing proper bicycle safety procedures.

Aaron Donovan

Before he began blogging about land use and transportation, Aaron Donovan wrote The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund's annual fundraising appeal for three years and earned a master's degree in urban planning from Columbia. Since then, he has worked for nonprofit organizations devoted to New York City economic development. He lives and works in the Financial District, and sees New York's pre-automobile built form as an asset that makes New York unique in the United States, and as a strategic advantage that should be capitalized upon.

City Council Hearing on Bike Safety Legislation

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