Southern California - LA Times Cycling and Cars articles
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grrlyrida
10-31-09, 01:11 PM
LA Times is running a series of sharing the road articles Monday.
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-biking2-2009nov02,0,2055848.story
I didn't realize that cycling had become so popular in SoCal. That's good news.:)
sojourn
10-31-09, 03:52 PM
Good post grrlyrida!
I really like this part of the article:
"Cycling enthusiasts cite numbers that suggest the benefits of cycling far outweigh the risks. According to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration statistics, the 716 bicyclist deaths in the U.S. during 2008 represented a 6% drop compared with 1998. The risk of fatality is 1 per 32 million kilometers bicycled, and the average accident rate for commuter cyclists is one accident every 8.7 years, according to Kate Scheider, research coordinator for Bikes Belong."
Good data points IMHO.......
very cool, thanks for linking!
I hope people will take note of this part.
"Studies support Forester's contention that bike lanes may make cycling more hazardous. In a study released earlier this fall, Ciaran Meyers from the University of Leeds Institute for Transport Studies in the U.K. found that motorists gave bicycles significantly more room when passing them on a road without a bike lane than they did when the cyclist was riding in a dedicated bike lane.
Bike lanes also tend to abut parking spaces, which can turn the bike lane into a door zone where an opening car door can intrude without warning into a cyclist's path, Forester says. Such "dooring" incidents have killed cyclists in cities across the U.S."
cyclezealot
10-31-09, 05:38 PM
I hope people will also take note that Caltrans is sponsoring public workshops to received public input about a cycling master plan for the LA region. Go and make your voices heard..
alicestrong
10-31-09, 05:48 PM
November 4th!
For those who can't make the meetings, you can still review the plan and make your contribution online...
http://www.labikeplan.org/