Sand Box: Better bike paths, safer streets, fewer cars
Redondo Beach’s bike path through the harbor area was controversial when it opened in 2014, but has since won cycling awards and grown in popularity. Photo When a SUV driver turned into me while I was bicycling along a straight road, I didn’t report it. All I could think about in the shock of the moment was getting home before dark lest another driver hit me. As a transportation cyclist and mother, I live in fear for myself and my family. Will the driver of the car passing me at 40-plus mph look away from the road at a screen and run me over? Will my child, who walks across multiple arterials to catch a bus to school, be okay? Will my bicycle commuter husband make it home safely today? As a scientist, I rely on data. I mapped Redondo Beach in the California Transportation Injury Mapping System and discovered that my experience concurs with the data. The Artesia and Aviation corridors are among the most dangerous in our city. I live just a few hundred feet from the most dangerous intersection in Redondo Beach, Artesia at Rindge. Redondo Beach has approximately three times the number of residents as Hermosa Beach and twice the number of residents of Manhattan Beach. But even on a…
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