N.2. 20-1594 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION STATUS OF THE SOUTH BAY BICYCLE MASTER PLAN AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR INSTALLATION OF PROTECTED BIKE LANES IN THE CITY
Please, please, do not do any more class 3 bicycle lanes in the city. They make bicycles feel a false sense of security and add antagonism to the drivers that already hate dodging bicyclists.
Class 2 and preferably Class 4 are the only ways to go.
For routes please think of the schools, parks, routes to the beach, and majaor commercial attractions.
Hills are not an issue, electric bicycles are here to stay.
Pilot a one side of the street protected cyclecross class 1 bike path. Take parking on one side and then paint and put a barrier.
Thank you for adding bike lanes! It's great for our physical and emotional health! I vote for Class II, because then you have a dedicated lane that's nothing fancy, but all we need and doesn't cut into car lanes. I love to bike my errands and I think the more lanes that are made for cyclists of all stripes you will see more people out there..for exercise and for running errands. Also, please encourage more places to lock our bikes up.
Our daily lives have been severely disrupted by the Covid-19 crisis in 2020. Yet, I am encouraged by the fact that we made substantive changes in our daily lives to protect the safety of our fellow human beings. It is to our credit that we held the numbers in Redondo Beach down to ~600 confirmed cases and 11 deaths. I only regret we were not able to keep it lower.
We also suffer from multiple crises so gradual and ubiquitous that we don’t notice them. Climate change and traffic collisions are two. In the decade of 2010-2019, road collisions have killed 12 pedestrians and cyclists in our city in ~600 reported collisions.
As a transportation cyclist and mother, I live in fear for myself and my family. As a scientist, I rely on data. I mapped Redondo Beach in the California Transportation Injury Mapping System, https://tims.berkeley.edu/tools/atp/, and discovered that my lived experience concurs with the data. The Artesia and Aviation corridors are among the most dangerous in our city. In 2010-2019, Redondo Beach led the Beach Cities in total and per capita collisions and deaths. We can and must do better. Let’s reorder our priorities and build safe streets for all throughout our community.
Build out our connected bicycle network as approved in the 2011 South Bay Bicycle Master Plan. Make all arterial sections protected bike lanes so we can end the blood sacrifice of our citizenry on the high injury network. Improve road crossings for people outside of cars. Protected bike lanes also serve people on motorized wheelchairs, scooters and tricycles (families w/ small children, elderly, disabled). Active mobility improves our community health, spare the air & lower our greenhouse gas emissions.
Families shouldn’t feel forced to spend thousands a year paying for cars & insurance for their teens. With fewer cars, there would be less frustration/competition over car parking, less financial stress for families, and less fear for seniors when they are forced to give up driving.
In other cities, sales tax receipts climb on streets where bike lanes are installed. Safe, supportive cycling infrastructure saves lives & helps our city’s merchants.
Please, please, do not do any more class 3 bicycle lanes in the city. They make bicycles feel a false sense of security and add antagonism to the drivers that already hate dodging bicyclists.
Class 2 and preferably Class 4 are the only ways to go.
For routes please think of the schools, parks, routes to the beach, and majaor commercial attractions.
Hills are not an issue, electric bicycles are here to stay.
Pilot a one side of the street protected cyclecross class 1 bike path. Take parking on one side and then paint and put a barrier.
Thank you for adding bike lanes! It's great for our physical and emotional health! I vote for Class II, because then you have a dedicated lane that's nothing fancy, but all we need and doesn't cut into car lanes. I love to bike my errands and I think the more lanes that are made for cyclists of all stripes you will see more people out there..for exercise and for running errands. Also, please encourage more places to lock our bikes up.
Thanks,
Lara Duke
Our daily lives have been severely disrupted by the Covid-19 crisis in 2020. Yet, I am encouraged by the fact that we made substantive changes in our daily lives to protect the safety of our fellow human beings. It is to our credit that we held the numbers in Redondo Beach down to ~600 confirmed cases and 11 deaths. I only regret we were not able to keep it lower.
We also suffer from multiple crises so gradual and ubiquitous that we don’t notice them. Climate change and traffic collisions are two. In the decade of 2010-2019, road collisions have killed 12 pedestrians and cyclists in our city in ~600 reported collisions.
As a transportation cyclist and mother, I live in fear for myself and my family. As a scientist, I rely on data. I mapped Redondo Beach in the California Transportation Injury Mapping System, https://tims.berkeley.edu/tools/atp/, and discovered that my lived experience concurs with the data. The Artesia and Aviation corridors are among the most dangerous in our city. In 2010-2019, Redondo Beach led the Beach Cities in total and per capita collisions and deaths. We can and must do better. Let’s reorder our priorities and build safe streets for all throughout our community.
Build out our connected bicycle network as approved in the 2011 South Bay Bicycle Master Plan. Make all arterial sections protected bike lanes so we can end the blood sacrifice of our citizenry on the high injury network. Improve road crossings for people outside of cars. Protected bike lanes also serve people on motorized wheelchairs, scooters and tricycles (families w/ small children, elderly, disabled). Active mobility improves our community health, spare the air & lower our greenhouse gas emissions.
Families shouldn’t feel forced to spend thousands a year paying for cars & insurance for their teens. With fewer cars, there would be less frustration/competition over car parking, less financial stress for families, and less fear for seniors when they are forced to give up driving.
In other cities, sales tax receipts climb on streets where bike lanes are installed. Safe, supportive cycling infrastructure saves lives & helps our city’s merchants.