1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; modifying certain bicycle traffic regulations, powers, 
1.3 	and duties;amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 160.02, subdivision 1a; 
1.4 	169.011, subdivisions 5, 9, by adding a subdivision; 169.18, subdivision 3; 169.222, 
1.5 	subdivisions 1, 4.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 160.02, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 1a.Bikeway. "Bikeway" means a bicycle lane, bicycle path, shared use path, 
1.9 	bicycle route, or similar bicycle facility, regardless of whether designed for the exclusive 
1.10 	use of bicycles or for shared use with other transportation modes has the meaning given in 
1.11 	section 169.011, subdivision 9.

1.12 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 169.011, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.13 		Subd. 5.Bicycle lane. "Bicycle lane" means a portion of a roadway or shoulder designed 
1.14 	for exclusive or preferential use by persons using bicycles. Bicycle lanes are to be 
1.15 	distinguished from the portion of the roadway or shoulder used for motor vehicle traffic by 
1.16 	physical barrier, striping, marking, or other similar device.

1.17 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 169.011, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
1.18 		Subd. 9.Bikeway. "Bikeway" means a bicycle lane, bicycle path, or bicycle route, shared 
1.19 	use path, or similar bicycle facility, regardless of whether it is designed for the exclusive 
1.20 	use of bicycles or is to be for shared use with other transportation modes.

2.1 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 169.011, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
2.2 	read:
2.3 		Subd. 96.Narrow-width lane. "Narrow-width lane" means a traffic lane that is too 
2.4 	narrow to allow persons operating a bicycle and persons operating a motor vehicle within 
2.5 	the same lane to operate side-by-side in compliance with the minimum safe passing clearance 
2.6 	set forth in section 169.18.

2.7 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 169.18, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.8 		Subd. 3.Passing. The following rules shall govern the overtaking and passing of vehicles 
2.9 	proceeding in the same direction, subject to the limitations, exceptions, and special rules 
2.10 	hereinafter stated:
2.11 	(1) (a) The driver of a vehicle overtaking another vehicle proceeding in the same direction 
2.12 	shall must pass to the left thereof of the other vehicle at a safe distance and shall not again 
2.13 	drive is prohibited from returning to the right side of the roadway until safely clear of the 
2.14 	overtaken vehicle;.
2.15 	(2) (b) Except when overtaking and passing on the right is permitted, the driver of an 
2.16 	overtaken vehicle shall must give way to the right in favor of the overtaking vehicle on 
2.17 	audible warning, and shall must not increase the speed of the overtaken vehicle until 
2.18 	completely passed by the overtaking vehicle; and.
2.19 	(3) (c) The operator of a motor vehicle overtaking a bicycle or individual proceeding in 
2.20 	the same direction on the roadway shall leave or shoulder must:
2.21 	(1) either (i) maintain a safe clearance distance while passing, but in no case less than 
2.22 	three feet clearance, when passing the bicycle or individual or one-half the width of the 
2.23 	motor vehicle, whichever is greater; or (ii) completely enter another lane of the roadway 
2.24 	while passing; and shall
2.25 	(2) maintain clearance until the motor vehicle has safely past passed the overtaken bicycle 
2.26 	or individual.

2.27 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 169.222, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.28 		Subdivision 1.Traffic laws apply. (a) Every person operating a bicycle shall have has
2.29 	all of the rights and duties applicable to the driver of any other vehicle by this chapter, 
2.30 	except in respect to those provisions in this chapter relating expressly to bicycles and in 
2.31 	respect to those provisions of this chapter which by their nature cannot reasonably be applied 
2.32 	to bicycles. This subdivision applies to a bicycle operating on the shoulder of a roadway.
3.1 	(b) A person lawfully operating a bicycle (1) on a sidewalk, or (2) across a roadway or 
3.2 	shoulder while using a crosswalk, has all the rights and duties applicable to a pedestrian 
3.3 	under the same circumstances.

3.4 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 169.222, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
3.5 		Subd. 4.Riding rules. (a) Every person operating a bicycle upon a roadway shall on a 
3.6 	road must ride as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway except 
3.7 	under any of the following situations road as the bicycle operator determines is safe. A 
3.8 	person operating a bicycle is not required to ride as close to the right-hand curb or edge 
3.9 	when:
3.10 	(1) when overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction;
3.11 	(2) when preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway;
3.12 	(3) when reasonably necessary to avoid conditions that make it unsafe to continue along 
3.13 	the right-hand curb or edge, including fixed or moving objects, vehicles, pedestrians, animals, 
3.14 	surface hazards, or narrow width lanes, that make it unsafe to continue along the right-hand 
3.15 	curb or edge; or;
3.16 	(4) when operating on the shoulder of a roadway or in a bicycle lane.; or
3.17 	(5) operating in a right-hand turn lane before entering an intersection.
3.18 	(b) If a bicycle is traveling on a shoulder of a roadway, the bicycle shall operator must
3.19 	travel in the same direction as adjacent vehicular traffic.
3.20 	(c) Persons riding bicycles upon a roadway or shoulder shall must not ride more than 
3.21 	two abreast and shall not impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic and, on a 
3.22 	laned roadway, shall ride within a single lane.
3.23 	(d) A person operating a bicycle upon a sidewalk, or across a roadway or shoulder on a 
3.24 	crosswalk, shall must yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian and shall give an audible 
3.25 	signal when necessary before overtaking and passing any pedestrian. No A person shall
3.26 	must not ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk within a business district unless permitted by local 
3.27 	authorities. Local authorities may prohibit the operation of bicycles on any sidewalk or 
3.28 	crosswalk under their jurisdiction.
3.29 	(e) An individual operating a bicycle or other vehicle on a bikeway shall must (1) give 
3.30 	an audible signal a safe distance prior to overtaking a bicycle or individual, (2) leave a safe 
3.31 	clearance distance when overtaking a bicycle or individual proceeding in the same direction 
4.1 	onthe bikeway, and shall(3) maintain clearance until safely past the overtaken bicycle or 
4.2 	individual.
4.3 	(f) A person lawfully operating a bicycle on a sidewalk, or across a roadway or shoulder 
4.4 	on a crosswalk, shall have all the rights and duties applicable to a pedestrian under the same 
4.5 	circumstances.
4.6 	(g) (f) A person may operate an electric-assisted bicycle on the shoulder of a roadway, 
4.7 	on a bikeway, or on a bicycle trail if not otherwise prohibited under section 85.015, 
4.8 	subdivision 1d; 85.018, subdivision 2, paragraph (d); or 160.263, subdivision 2, paragraph 
4.9 	(b), as applicable.
4.10 	(g) Notwithstanding section 169.06, subdivision 4, a bicycle operator may cross an 
4.11 	intersection proceeding from the leftmost one-third of a dedicated right-hand turn lane 
4.12 	without turning right.

4.13 	Sec. 8. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
 4.14 	The revisor of statutes shall renumber Minnesota Statutes, section 160.02, subdivision 
4.15 	27a, as Minnesota Statutes, section 169.011, subdivision 73a. The revisor shall correct any 
4.16 	cross-references made necessary by this renumbering.

4.17 	Sec. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 4.18 	This act is effective the day following final enactment.