<![CDATA[Bicycle Austin forum / Bruce Todd, former mayor who championed a helmet law, dies]]> https://bicycleaustin.info/forum/viewtopic.php?id=2384 Mon, 27 Dec 2021 15:45:35 +0000 FluxBB 1.5.11 <![CDATA[Bruce Todd, former mayor who championed a helmet law, dies]]> https://bicycleaustin.info/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=7550#p7550 Austin had a brief, unpopular all-ages helmet law in 1996.  It was amended to be kids-only after public blowback.

In 2006, former mayor Bruce Todd tried to bring the helmet law back, without success, possibly because cyclists packed City Hall to protest.  I remember bemoaning how energized cyclists were for that effort, which I couldn't get anyone on board the same year to help advocate for car-free bike lanes on Shoal Creek Blvd.

Anyway, Bruce Todd just passed, at age 72.

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