LA Bike Week: Is cycling in Los Angeles getting any safer?

[marmar]

Today is the start of Metro's L.A. Bike Week, the annual event that promotes biking, ridesharing and other sustainable modes of transportation in the Los Angeles area.

The goal is to get more Angelenos out of their cars and onto their bikes, and for now it seems like efforts such as these are working.

According to a report out today from the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition, more Angelenos are riding their bikes year after year. The report, called the Bike and Ped Count, shows that biking in L.A. increased 7.5% from 2011 to 2013. The 2009 report counted 14,000 bicyclists and 62,000 pedestrians, and in 2011 counted more than 15,000 bicyclists and 75,000 pedestrians. ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.scpr.org/programs/take-two/2014/05/12/37388/la-bike-week-is-cycling-in-los-angeles-getting-any/

[pipoman]

1. I have wondered what the stats are

For automobile being at fault vs. Bike at fault in car/bike accidents. Having spent time in LA I have witnessed poor car driving and careless biking.