Advocacy Alert: Idaho Stop + 3-Foot Safe Passing

A3986 / S2643 (“Idaho Stop”) allows cyclists to treat a stop sign as a yield sign, and a red light as a stop sign.

Sponsors 

NYS Senators (10) May, Jackson, Brouk, Gianaris, Hinchey, Ramos, Liu, Cooney, Harkham, Sepúlveda

NYS Assembly Members (15)  Fahy, Simon, Gallagher, Epstein, Carroll, Jackson, Hunter, Mitaynes, McMahon, Davila, González-Rojas, Burdick, Kelles, Simone, L. Rosenthal

NYC Council Members (7) Restler, Narcisse, Won, Krishnan, Brewer, Riley, Richardson Jordan – see Reso 0590-2023

Organizations in Support (51)

Albany Bicycle Coalition, Bicycle Habitat, Bike New York, Bike Plant, Bike Tarrytown, Biketoga, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, Century Road Club Association, Ciclistas Latinoamericanos de New York, Colored Girls Bike Too (Buffalo), Complete George, East Side Bike Club, Five Boro Bike Club, Fortress Bikes, Fredonia Cycling, Get Women Cycling, GObike Buffalo, Gotham Bicycle Tours, Huntington Bicycle Club, I Challenge Myself, Kid’s Ride Club, League of American Bicyclists, Long Island Bicycle Club, Long Island Randonneurs, Long Island Streets, Major Taylor-Iron Riders, Massapequa Park Bicycle Club, Mohawk Valley Bicycling Club, New York Bicycling Coalition, New York Cycle Club, New York State Bicycle Racing Association, NYC Velo, OutCycling, Open Plans, Parks & Trails New York, QNS Social Ride, Reconnect Rochester, Redbeard Bikes, Reddy Bikeshare, Ride Brooklyn, Rochester Bicycling Club, Slow Roll Buffalo, Southern Tier Bicycle Club, Spokes and Shields, Staten Island Bicycle Association, Stony Brookside Bed and Bike Inn, StreetsPAC, Team Red White & Blue, Tri-State Transportation Campaign,Town of New Paltz,  Virtuous Bicycle, Westchester Cycle Club

For further info, see talking points, academic studies and draft resolution, Wikipedia page and videos of how it works.  Also and the 2022 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study which found that “bicycle stop-as-yield laws enhanced cyclist safety in states where they were evaluated.”

En Español

Parada de Idaho – Wikipedia, Alerta de Apoyo a la Propuesta y video por Cyclistas Latinamericanos de NY