California Case Study: Are Cities Responsible for Cyclist Deaths?
The Rivard Report
12/29/15
A jury ordered the City of Indian Wells, CA to pay $5.8 million to a local family who sued over unsafe bike lanes after a prominent neurosurgeon was killed while cycling the area in 2012. […] The case raises an interesting question for cities of all sizes: can municipalities be liable for building dangerous streets? […]
Teen killed crossing street after L.A. schools closed over threat was ‘awesome student’
LA Times
12/15/15
[…] A Los Angeles Times analysis identified Avenue 60 and Figueroa Street as a particularly problematic intersection for pedestrians, showing that 13 people were hit, two fatally, from 2002 through 2013. […] A total of 73 people were hit and four were killed at the five intersections from 2002 through 2013. […]
Federal Report: Bad Street Design a Factor in Rising Ped/Bike Fatalities
Streetsblog
12/11/15
[…] The investigation was ordered by U.S. representatives Rick Larsen (Washington State), Peter DeFazio (Oregon) and Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC) in response to increasing pedestrian and cyclist deaths. Between 2004 and 2013, traffic deaths dropped steadily for drivers, but inched up for people walking or biking, according to the GAO. The cause of the discrepancy isn’t clear. […]
GAO-16-06 (PDF) PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS Cities, States, and DOT Are Implementing Actions to Improve Safety
November 2015
How I learned to bike to work in Los Angeles without getting maimed
LA Times
12/10/15
[…] California leads the nation in bicycle deaths, with 338 cyclists killed in motor vehicle collisions between 2010 and 2012. L.A.’s reputation for cycling danger is arguably the worst in the state. […]
‘Protected Intersection’ For Bikes Opens In Salt Lake City
Here and Now
9/30/2015
[…] “Protected intersections,” designed to prevent car-bicycle collisions, have long existed in the Netherlands, but they are just catching on in the U.S.
After a former video game maker in Oregon created a video (below) explaining the design, one was recently built in Davis, California, and another in Salt Lake City, Utah, and plans are being discussed in cities across the country. […]
UCLA Newsroom
10/19/15
[…] Now, a study by the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health has found that the event significantly reduces air pollution along the CicLAvia route and even on other streets in the communities where the event is held. […]
Bilked out of bike lanes in CoronadoRiders take route that shows current state of street improvements
San Diego Reader
10/18/15
[…] A group of about 30 cycling enthusiasts descended on Coronado Saturday morning (October 17) for a group ride to highlight and protest what they believe is an unwise decision to suspend bicycle-related improvements in the community. […]
San Diego Bicycle Coalition Petition – SUPPORT BIKE LANES ON CORONADO STREETS
Show that Coronado residents are interested in improving conditions for kids, commuters, recreational cyclists and others to safely ride bikes through the streets of our little Island.
Some Background Information:
San Diego Union Tribune
9/24/15
Bike lane backlash in CoronadoResident complaints prompt city to halt further striping, frustrating bike advocates and other residents
[…] The Coronado City Council voted last week to halt construction of several previously approved bike lanes after residents called the striping “graffiti,” complained the lanes could cause vertigo and compared their effect on streets to young people getting “completely body tattooed.” […]
Salt Lake City street removes parking, adds bike lanes and sales go up
People For Bikes
10/5/2015
[…] In an in-house study of its new protected bike lane, Salt Lake City found that when parking removal was done as part of a wide-ranging investment in the streetscape — including street planters, better crosswalks, public art and colored pavement — it converted parking spaces to high-quality bike lanes and boosted business at the same time. […]
Bike lane backlash in Coronado
UT San Diego
9/24/15
[…] The Coronado City Council voted last week to halt construction of several previously approved bike lanes after residents called the striping “graffiti,” complained the lanes could cause vertigo and compared their effect on streets to young people getting “completely body tattooed.”
The move comes just a few weeks after a “Save Our Beach” petition drive by residents prompted the council to nix studying a proposal to add a Mission Beach-style protected bicycle path along congested Ocean Boulevard. […]
