The Bicycle Commuter and Parking Expansion Act of 2010 passed last week. This amends the 2008 law to allow the mayor to enforce it. WABA notes that the fiscal impact statement assumes that it will cost ~$55,000 to enforce less whatever fines are paid.
Once implemented, the proposed legislation could generate fine collections from buildings in violation of the bicycle parking requirements. However, this revenue cannot be estimated until the rulemaking required by the proposed legislation is completed.
In order to enforce the requirements of the legislation, additional building inspectors would be needed to conduct bicycle parking inspections in more than 10,000 private residential and commercial buildings. Without any implementation plans, it is not possible to estimate the cost of enforcement. However, the cost of each building inspector is estimated at $54,867.
Shane Farthing of WABA asks if that would be necessary if instead the District relied on reports of non-compliance from cyclists calling 311.
There would probably be some labor costs, but since the inspectors would be much more likely to spend their time inspecting buildings that are out of compliance, and thus collecting fines, it would be more likely this would be revenue neutral or even positive. If so, I'd like to seeing the extra revenue go toward bike parking on DC property.
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