Local communities throughout California will host pedestrian and cyclist traffic safety programs stressing how Californians can safely share the road through September 30, 2017.
The California Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety Enforcement and Education Project IV will focus on school zones where pedestrians and cyclists congregate. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, through the California Office of Traffic Safety, provided the $1 million grant to the California Highway Patrol (CHP) for the program.
Police officers will enhance pedestrian and cyclist traffic safety through enforcement operations in various locations that have had a high number of pedestrian and bicyclist injuries and fatalities. They will also teach basic traffic safety education at bicycle and pedestrian skills clinics.
CHP will also provide bicycle helmets to children and safety publications for all roadway users through the grant.
The goal of the statewide pedestrian and cyclist traffic safety program is to reduce fatal collisions. Nearly 25 percent of all of California’s annual roadway deaths are pedestrians, with bicyclists accounting for about about four percent.
Bicyclists and pedestrians are some of the most vulnerable users of roadways,” said CHP Commissioner Joe Farrow.
