Most Hermosa Beach Strand cyclists speed. Barricades planned to make them walk at pierhead [Updated]

by Kevin CodyAn average of 3,100 pedal and electric bikes a day were counted on the Hermosa Beach Strand during two Saturdays in December, and one in January. Consistent with the popular belief that cyclists don’t obey traffic laws, 84 percent exceeded The Strand’s 8 mph speed limit, and 86 percent ignored red lights, and sandwich boards that tell cyclists to walk their bikes at the pierhead, between 11th and 14th streets. The average speed was 11 mph, and 15 percent were travel