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The Council voted on Tuesday to make bike registration voluntary in Long Beach.
At their Tuesday meeting February 8, the City Council acted in unison to make bicycle registration voluntary instead of mandatory in the city of Long Beach.
“We are now one step closer to becoming America’s most bike friendly city,” said Councilmember Robert Garcia of the First District. “Our mandatory system was antiquated and inefficient, and the new voluntary system is accessible, fair, and supports families, avid cyclists, and visitors to our City.”
Tuesday’s unanimous vote has been months in the making. It started with a Critical Mass event last October where 70 cyclists received citations for disobeying traffic laws and 21 bikes were impounded for not having required safety equipment (including bikes with no brakes). Some cyclists claimed that police were taking advantage of an archaic law to harass citizens.
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