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Bicycle Program: Sharrows • Shared Lane Pavement Marking a.k.a Sharrows Shared lane pavement markings (or “Sharrows”) are placed to guide bicyclists to the best place to ride on the road, avoid car doors and remind drivers to share the road with cyclists. Unlike bicycle lanes, Sharrows do not designate a particular part of the street for the exclusive use of bicyclists. They are simply a marking to guide bicyclists to the best place to ride and help motorists expect to see and share the lane with bicyclists.
What do Sharrows mean for motorists and bicyclists? Motorists: • Expect to see bicyclists on the street • Remember to give bicyclists three feet of space when passing • Follow the rules of the road as if there were no Sharrows Bicyclists • Use the sparrow to guide where you ride within the lane • Remember not to ride too close to parked cars • Follow the rules of the road as if there were no Sharrows
Example of Sharrow Lanes
California Laws • 21200. (a) Every person riding a bicycle upon a highway has all the rights and is subject to all the provisions applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this division, including, but not limited to, provisions concerning driving under the influence of alcoholic beverages or drugs. • 21200.5. It is unlawful for any person to ride a bicycle upon a highway while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage or any drug, or under the combined influence of an alcoholic beverage and any drug. • 21201. (a) No person shall operate a bicycle on a roadway unless it is equipped with a brake which will enable the operator to make one braked wheel skid on dry, level, clean pavement.
• 21202. (a) Any person operating a bicycle upon a roadway at a speed less than the normal speed of traffic moving in the same direction at that time shall ride as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway except under any of the following situations: (1) When overtaking and passing another bicycle or vehicle proceeding in the same direction. (2) When preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway. (3) When reasonably necessary to avoid conditions. • 21203. No person riding upon any motorcycle, motorized bicycle, bicycle, coaster, roller skates, sled, or toy vehicle shall attach the same or himself to any streetcar or vehicle on the roadway.
• 21204. (a) A person operating a bicycle upon a highway shall not ride other than upon or astride a permanent and regular seat attached thereto, unless the bicycle was designed by the manufacturer to be ridden without a seat. (b) An operator shall not allow a person riding as a passenger, and a person shall not ride as a passenger, on a bicycle upon a highway other than upon or astride a separate seat attached there to. If the passenger is four years of age or younger, or weighs 40 pounds or less, the seat shall have adequate provision for retaining the passenger in place and for protecting the passenger from the moving parts of the bicycle.
• 21209. (a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle in a bicycle lane established on a roadway pursuant to Section 21207 except as follows: (1) To park where parking is permitted. (2) To enter or leave the roadway. (3) To prepare for a turn within a distance of 200 feet from the intersection. (b) This section does not prohibit the use of a motorized bicycle in a bicycle lane, pursuant to Section 21207.5, at a speed no greater than is reasonable or prudent, having due regard for visibility, traffic conditions, and the condition of the roadway surface of the bicycle lane, and in a manner which does not endanger the safety of bicyclists.
• 21210. No person shall leave a bicycle lying on its side on any sidewalk, or shall park a bicycle on a sidewalk in any other position, so that there is not an adequate path for pedestrian traffic. Local authorities may, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit bicycle parking in designated areas of the public highway, provided that appropriate signs are erected.
• 21212. (a) A person under 18 years of age shall not operate a bicycle, a non-motorized scooter, or a skateboard, nor shall they wear in-line or roller skates, nor ride upon a bicycle, a nonmotorized scooter, or a skateboard as a passenger, upon a street, bikeway, as defined in Section 890.4 of the Streets and Highways Code, or any other public bicycle path or trail unless that person is wearing a properly fitted and fastened bicycle helmet. This requirement also applies to a person who rides upon a bicycle while in a restraining seat that is attached to the bicycle or in a trailer towed by the bicycle.
Hermosa Beach Municipal Code • 12.20.230 Wheeled Vehicles or Devices on Strand Walkway. A. Prohibited. It is unlawful for any person to ride or operate any wagon, box on wheels, or any other method of riding or locomotion on wheels, including use of an electric personal assistive mobility device ("EPAMD") (as defined by Vehicle Code Section 313) on any portion of the Strand walkway and the Pier Plaza, except for the following: – Roller skates; – Skateboards; – Pedal-powered, non-motorized bicycles or tricycles with a width of not more than thirty-six (36) inches used for recreational purposes; – Conveyances, including EPAMDs, by any person, who by reason of physical disability, is unable to move about as a pedestrian and is in possession of a distinguishing disabled parking placard issued pursuant to the California Vehicle Code; and – EPAMDs operated by federal, state or local government personnel in the performance of official duties.
B.
Required to Yield Right-of-Way to Pedestrians. Under all circumstances, the rider or operator of a wheeled vehicle or device, including bicycles, skateboards and roller skates, on the Strand walkway shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians, and due and proper care shall at all times be exercised by the rider or operator for the pedestrians. C. Group Riding. When more than two persons in a group are riding or operating wheeled vehicles or devices, including bicycles, skateboards and roller skates, on the Strand walkway, no more than two shall ride side by side. D. Racing--Trick riding. It is unlawful for any person riding or operating any wheeled vehicle or device to race any other such vehicle or device or person along the Strand walkway, or to indulge in any kind of trick or unsafe riding or operating.
E. Dangerous Speed--Penalty. It shall be deemed reckless and dangerous if any person rides or operates any wheeled vehicle or device permitted on the Strand walkway, including bicycles, skateboards and roller skates, in excess of eight miles per hour, at an unsafe speed under existing conditions, or operates such vehicle or device permitted on the Strand walkway in such a reckless, wanton or careless manner as to constitute unsafe riding or operating, and any person so operating or riding said vehicle or device shall be guilty of an infraction.
F. Designated Walk Zones. It is unlawful to ride a bicycle or skateboard when the following designated walk zone is in effect: The Strand walkway between the centerline of 11th Street and 14th Street. The walk zone has posted signs and flashing red lights.
City Council Mayor Michael DiVirgilio Mayor Pro Tem Peter Tucker Councilmember Howard Fishman Councilmember Jeff Duclos Councilmember Patrick “Kit” Bobko
Public Works Commission Members Commissioner Janice Brittain Commissioner Julian Katz Commissioner Brian Koch Commissioner Kimberlee MacMullan Commissioner Daniel Marinelli
Acknowledgment This edition of the Hermosa Beach bicyclist and motorist pocket guide is used with the permission of and was originally produced by the Pima County Department of Transportation Bicycle and Pedestrian Program and by the Brad P. Gorman Memorial Bikeway Fund. The Tucson-Pima County Bicycle Advisory Committee, the City of Tucson Department of Transportation, and the Pima Association of Governments have also Provided generous support in the development of this booklet. Original design, illustration and photography were provided by the Pima County Graphic Services Department. For further information, please contact Dave Burnham at (520) 2058319 or [email protected].
Bicycle Program: Sharrows • Shared Lane Pavement Marking a.k.a Sharrows Shared lane pavement markings (or “Sharrows”) are placed to guide bicyclists to the best place to ride on the road, avoid car doors and remind drivers to share the road with cyclists. Unlike bicycle lanes, Sharrows do not designate a particular part of the street for the exclusive use of bicyclists. They are simply a marking to guide bicyclists to the best place to ride and help motorists expect to see and share the lane with bicyclists.
What do Sharrows mean for motorists and bicyclists? Motorists: • Expect to see bicyclists on the street • Remember to give bicyclists three feet of space when passing • Follow the rules of the road as if there were no Sharrows Bicyclists • Use the sparrow to guide where you ride within the lane • Remember not to ride too close to parked cars • Follow the rules of the road as if there were no Sharrows
Example of Sharrow Lanes
California Laws • 21200. (a) Every person riding a bicycle upon a highway has all the rights and is subject to all the provisions applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this division, including, but not limited to, provisions concerning driving under the influence of alcoholic beverages or drugs. • 21200.5. It is unlawful for any person to ride a bicycle upon a highway while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage or any drug, or under the combined influence of an alcoholic beverage and any drug. • 21201. (a) No person shall operate a bicycle on a roadway unless it is equipped with a brake which will enable the operator to make one braked wheel skid on dry, level, clean pavement.
• 21202. (a) Any person operating a bicycle upon a roadway at a speed less than the normal speed of traffic moving in the same direction at that time shall ride as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway except under any of the following situations: (1) When overtaking and passing another bicycle or vehicle proceeding in the same direction. (2) When preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway. (3) When reasonably necessary to avoid conditions. • 21203. No person riding upon any motorcycle, motorized bicycle, bicycle, coaster, roller skates, sled, or toy vehicle shall attach the same or himself to any streetcar or vehicle on the roadway.
• 21204. (a) A person operating a bicycle upon a highway shall not ride other than upon or astride a permanent and regular seat attached thereto, unless the bicycle was designed by the manufacturer to be ridden without a seat. (b) An operator shall not allow a person riding as a passenger, and a person shall not ride as a passenger, on a bicycle upon a highway other than upon or astride a separate seat attached there to. If the passenger is four years of age or younger, or weighs 40 pounds or less, the seat shall have adequate provision for retaining the passenger in place and for protecting the passenger from the moving parts of the bicycle.
• 21209. (a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle in a bicycle lane established on a roadway pursuant to Section 21207 except as follows: (1) To park where parking is permitted. (2) To enter or leave the roadway. (3) To prepare for a turn within a distance of 200 feet from the intersection. (b) This section does not prohibit the use of a motorized bicycle in a bicycle lane, pursuant to Section 21207.5, at a speed no greater than is reasonable or prudent, having due regard for visibility, traffic conditions, and the condition of the roadway surface of the bicycle lane, and in a manner which does not endanger the safety of bicyclists.
• 21210. No person shall leave a bicycle lying on its side on any sidewalk, or shall park a bicycle on a sidewalk in any other position, so that there is not an adequate path for pedestrian traffic. Local authorities may, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit bicycle parking in designated areas of the public highway, provided that appropriate signs are erected.
• 21212. (a) A person under 18 years of age shall not operate a bicycle, a non-motorized scooter, or a skateboard, nor shall they wear in-line or roller skates, nor ride upon a bicycle, a nonmotorized scooter, or a skateboard as a passenger, upon a street, bikeway, as defined in Section 890.4 of the Streets and Highways Code, or any other public bicycle path or trail unless that person is wearing a properly fitted and fastened bicycle helmet. This requirement also applies to a person who rides upon a bicycle while in a restraining seat that is attached to the bicycle or in a trailer towed by the bicycle.
Hermosa Beach Municipal Code • 12.20.230 Wheeled Vehicles or Devices on Strand Walkway. A. Prohibited. It is unlawful for any person to ride or operate any wagon, box on wheels, or any other method of riding or locomotion on wheels, including use of an electric personal assistive mobility device ("EPAMD") (as defined by Vehicle Code Section 313) on any portion of the Strand walkway and the Pier Plaza, except for the following: – Roller skates; – Skateboards; – Pedal-powered, non-motorized bicycles or tricycles with a width of not more than thirty-six (36) inches used for recreational purposes; – Conveyances, including EPAMDs, by any person, who by reason of physical disability, is unable to move about as a pedestrian and is in possession of a distinguishing disabled parking placard issued pursuant to the California Vehicle Code; and – EPAMDs operated by federal, state or local government personnel in the performance of official duties.
B.
Required to Yield Right-of-Way to Pedestrians. Under all circumstances, the rider or operator of a wheeled vehicle or device, including bicycles, skateboards and roller skates, on the Strand walkway shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians, and due and proper care shall at all times be exercised by the rider or operator for the pedestrians. C. Group Riding. When more than two persons in a group are riding or operating wheeled vehicles or devices, including bicycles, skateboards and roller skates, on the Strand walkway, no more than two shall ride side by side. D. Racing--Trick riding. It is unlawful for any person riding or operating any wheeled vehicle or device to race any other such vehicle or device or person along the Strand walkway, or to indulge in any kind of trick or unsafe riding or operating.
E. Dangerous Speed--Penalty. It shall be deemed reckless and dangerous if any person rides or operates any wheeled vehicle or device permitted on the Strand walkway, including bicycles, skateboards and roller skates, in excess of eight miles per hour, at an unsafe speed under existing conditions, or operates such vehicle or device permitted on the Strand walkway in such a reckless, wanton or careless manner as to constitute unsafe riding or operating, and any person so operating or riding said vehicle or device shall be guilty of an infraction.
F. Designated Walk Zones. It is unlawful to ride a bicycle or skateboard when the following designated walk zone is in effect: The Strand walkway between the centerline of 11th Street and 14th Street. The walk zone has posted signs and flashing red lights.
City Council Mayor Michael DiVirgilio Mayor Pro Tem Peter Tucker Councilmember Howard Fishman Councilmember Jeff Duclos Councilmember Patrick “Kit” Bobko
Public Works Commission Members Commissioner Janice Brittain Commissioner Julian Katz Commissioner Brian Koch Commissioner Kimberlee MacMullan Commissioner Daniel Marinelli
Acknowledgment This edition of the Hermosa Beach bicyclist and motorist pocket guide is used with the permission of and was originally produced by the Pima County Department of Transportation Bicycle and Pedestrian Program and by the Brad P. Gorman Memorial Bikeway Fund. The Tucson-Pima County Bicycle Advisory Committee, the City of Tucson Department of Transportation, and the Pima Association of Governments have also Provided generous support in the development of this booklet. Original design, illustration and photography were provided by the Pima County Graphic Services Department. For further information, please contact Dave Burnham at (520) 2058319 or [email protected].
