"The City's bicycle safety planning and implementation is primarily handled by the Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) and occurs independently of the BAC. The MTA has jurisdiction over most bicycle safety issues-bike lanes, street design, speed limits, traffic signals, etc.-and employs full-time staff to plan for improvements and manage these assets and operations. When the BAC was formed in 1990, the MTA did not yet exist. The Department of Parking and Traffic (DPT) or the Department of Public Works (DPW) may not have planned extensively for bicycle infrastructure."
"However, the MTA now has a Sustainable Streets Division with teams focused onactive transportation, employs full-time bike planners and engineers, and integrates biking into multimodal planning. While the BAC may have been essential in the 1990s, transportation planning looks very different thirty-five years later, and the BAC may no longer be necessary."
""Our volunteer committee is the only voice in all of city government that advocates for the safety and accessibility of our streets for people on bicycles," he added."
The Commission Streamlining Task Force recommends eliminating the Bicycle Advisory Committee. The Task Force states that the Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) now primarily handles bicycle safety planning and implementation independently of the BAC. The MTA controls bike lanes, street design, speed limits, traffic signals, and employs full-time staff to plan improvements and manage assets. The BAC was formed in 1990 before the MTA existed, when other departments may not have prioritized bicycle infrastructure. The MTA now has a Sustainable Streets Division with active-transportation teams and full-time bike planners. Some advocates accept the recommendation; others, including the Bicycle Coalition, oppose eliminating the BAC.
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