Section 893.

The department shall disburse the money from the Bicycle Transportation Account pursuant to Section 891.4 for projects that improve the safety and convenience of bicycle commuters, including, but not limited to, any of the following:

(a) New bikeways serving major transportation corridors.

(b) New bikeways removing travel barriers to potential bicycle commuters.

(c) Secure bicycle parking at employment centers, park-and-ride lots, rail and transit terminals, and ferry docks and landings.

(d) Bicycle-carrying facilities on public transit vehicles.

(e) Installation of traffic control devices to improve the safety and efficiency of bicycle travel.

(f) Elimination of hazardous conditions on existing bikeways.

(g) Planning.

(h) Improvement and maintenance of bikeways.

In recommending projects to be funded, due consideration shall be given to the relative cost-effectiveness of proposed projects.

This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2014, and, as of January 1, 2015, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2015, deletes or extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.

(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 359, Sec. 6. Effective September 26, 2013. Inoperative July 1, 2014. Repealed as of January 1, 2015, by its own provisions.)