Senator Ebbin Receives award from the Virginia Bicycling Federation

Senator Ebbin received the bicycling-friendly legislator award from the Virginia Bicycling Federation for his vulnerable road users bill that passed in the 2025 session.

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Virginia Senator Adam Ebbin received an award from the Virginia Biking Federation at the Market Square pit stop. Ebbin was honored for introducing Senate Bill 1416, which went into law this year. Beginning July 1, if a driver fails to stop for pedestrians, that driver will be in violation of the law. The infraction rises to a Class 1 misdemeanor if an incident results in serious bodily injury or death of a vulnerable road user lawfully crossing a roadway.

Kevin O’Brien is Virginia organizer for Washington Area Bicyclist Association (WABA) and a board member of the Virginia Bicycling Federation. In introducing Ebbin, he told the senator, “We know you’ve been a champion for safe streets for many years now.”

Ebbin credited Alexandria Families for Safe Streets for pushing for this law for years. The senator thanked all the cyclists who are “environmentally minded and keeping fit.”

“A few years ago,” he told the crowd, “we started dealing with distracted driving and to better define that because there’s a penalty but it’s rarely enforced. And then this year we came at it from a different approach, alarmed at the people being stricken in crosswalks and the perpetrators receiving just a slap on the wrist for failure to yield.”

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