To help support the California Highway Patrol’s yearlong effort to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety, the department has been 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 Sept. 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.
The CHP also will 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.
Grant gives green light for CHP to enhance bicyclist and pedestrian safety
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