Thread: Florida appeals court confirms statutory bike lane requirements
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Old 03-27-08, 03:57 AM
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I think the lessons from this case may be:
  1. Other states should be careful about enacting similar Complete Streets(TM) legislation because, to quote irabidfish, the law creates, "no concrete requirement placed on them, no concrete objectives or progress markers," but opens any government that adopts it up to lots of lawsuits;
  2. All the Florida DOT need do to undo a loss in court is change its own "PPM Manual" over which it apparently has complete and unilateral control (Florida people, I say "apparently" because I'm not sure, so please correct me if I'm wrong).
Also, could someone please explain why "standing" is such a big win? If the LAB couldn't sue, wouldn't they only need a single cyclist who would say that he or she would ride a given road?
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