Safer Walking and Biking Options

Overview

Woman Riding a bike on a busy street

Adding bike sharing options, creating protected bike lanes, upgrading crosswalks, and creating safer, more walkable streets are important components of any plan to alleviate traffic. These upgrades provide a sustainable, healthy way to get around during peak traffic hours by making it easier and safer for people to bike and walk. The result is a small but notable impact on the amount of congestion on arterial roads.

Read about efforts to make bicycling and walking safe and enjoyable in Los Angeles and elsewhere:

Mar 27​, 2018 - Seven Ways to Create Safer Streets, NextCity

Mar 12​, 2018 - Pedestrian Deaths Keep Rising and LA County has the Most in the Country, Report Says, Los Angeles Daily News

Mar 01​, 2018 - Toward an Active California: Best Practices for People-Oriented Cities, Western City

Mar 01​, 2018 - The Design Bible That Changed How Americans Bike in Cities, The Atlantic​​​​​​

Feb 28​, 2018 - New Speed Limits on Los Angeles Roads Aim to Reduce Traffic Fatalities, KPCC​​​​​​

Feb 15​, 2018 - How Walkable is Your City? Tool Aims to Make Pedestrians Safer and Happier, Reuters​​​​​​

Feb 07​, 2018 - The Case Against Sidewalks, Curbed​​​​​​

Jan 18​, 2018 - 10 Principles Toward More Sharing and Less Sprawl, Planetizen​​​​​​

Jan 18​, 2018 - Portland Will Reduce Residential Speed Limits to 20 MPH, StreetsBlog USA​​​​​