Grant Gives Green Light for CHP to Enhance Bicyclist and Pedestrian Safety

This is a press release from the California Highway Patrol:

CHP California Highway PatrolTo help support the California Highway Patrol’s (CHP) yearlong effort to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety, the Department was awarded the California Pedestrian and Bicyclist Enforcement and Education Project VIII grant. The CHP will use the grant funds to conduct enhanced-enforcement patrols and public awareness campaigns through September 30, 2021. “Whether traveling by motor vehicle, bicycle, or on foot, we all share the road. Bicycle and pedestrian safety is everyone’s responsibility,” CHP Commissioner Warren Stanley said. “This grant provides us additional resources to focus on the safety of pedestrians and bicyclists, our most vulnerable roadway users.” Pedestrian and bicycle fatalities accounted for nearly 33 percent of all traffic-related deaths in California in 2018. The CHP reminds motorists to always scan each intersection for potential foot and bicycle traffic and to yield the right-of-way to pedestrians whether in marked or unmarked crosswalks. On October 7 – the National Center for Safe Routes to School’s “Walk and Bike to School Day” – the CHP will focus on locations with high numbers of pedestrian and bicyclist crashes. Officers in plain clothes will work with uniformed officers to monitor crosswalks for motorists and pedestrians who fail to yield the right-of-way or who take unsafe or illegal actions. The CHP will also use the grant funding to educate the public on safe and courteous traffic behavior through public presentations and safety publications, and to provide bicycle and pedestrian safety equipment for distribution including bicycle helmets and reflective gear. Funding for this program was provided by the California Office of Traffic Safety through a grant from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

The mission of the CHP is to provide the highest level of Safety, Service, and Security.

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Nick
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Nick
3 years ago

I don’t remember the last time a child was struck by a vehicle on the way to school. If they kept the tweekers out of the middle of broadway/101 this would be a non issue. More wasted funds!

John DeLodder
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John DeLodder
3 years ago

There are vehicle drivers who have a dislike for bicycles. Bicyclists are a nuisance for some vehicle drivers. And some ( I am a bicyclist who has had near disastrous run-ins with especially large trucks with extended side view mirrors) drive aggressively past bicyclists. Some vehicle say bicyclists should stay only on roads with bicycle lanes. But that is virtually impossible. There are very few bicycle lanes in Eureka. Especially East to West. Granted there are bicyclists who jet through intersections. I’m not one of them. Just as their vehicles who make California stops at intersections or worse are on their cell phones. I’m not one of them either. Last, in inclement conditions there are the hardnose bicyclists who are difficult to see. I’m not one of those. I think every bicycle should be fitted with a head lamp and red trailing lights. That includes the Hikshari trail where some bicyclists think it is a freeway and whiz past walkers without giving a heads up. I’m not one of those either.