The California Highway Patrol announced that it is receiving a federal grant to help improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety across California, furthering the department’s mission to help save lives.
“Far too many Californians are killed or injured while walking or bicycling on our roadways,” said CHP Commissioner Joe Farrow. “This grant will promote awareness, respect, and tolerance, specifically, striving to show how Californians can safely interact with each other while sharing the road.”
The California Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety Enforcement and Education Project II grant began on Oct. 1, 2014, and will continue through September 30, 2015.
During this 12-month campaign, CHP officers across the state will conduct enhanced-enforcement patrols and participate in a public awareness campaign.
The educational efforts will include traffic safety rodeos, educational presentations relating to good pedestrian, bicyclist, and motorist behavior, and the distribution of materials as it relates to pedestrian and bicyclist safety.
According to the CHP’s Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System, in 2012 there were more than 800 bicyclists and pedestrians killed and over 27,000 injured in traffic collisions in California.
Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Federal grant supports effort to improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety
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