How Can California Become Safer for Cyclists?

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🗓️ 17 July 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Riding a bike instead of taking a car is good for your health and for the planet. But in car-centric California, most people still rely on vehicles for daily trips like commuting to work. For cyclists in the state, that means getting around can be risky, especially when they’re asked to share a road with two-ton metal boxes that are often moving very fast. So what would it take to make cycling safer in California, and how can we improve the state’s biking infrastructure to encourage more riders? We explore those questions as part of Forum’s ongoing series “In Transit.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:51.1	The From KQED. From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Nina Kim.
0:54.5	Coming up on forum, riding a bike instead of driving a car has so many benefits.
0:59.5	The exercise is good for your health, the lack of fossil fuels is good for the planet.
1:03.9	But sharing the street with multi-toned vehicles that move very fast can be risky.
1:09.8	California recently passed new laws to make biking safer, but a lot of
1:13.3	drivers don't know about them. And as more cyclists hit the road in the summer months,
1:17.0	we take a closer look at what it would mean to make cycling safer, and whether you'd
1:22.2	be willing to do what it takes, especially if it means taking road and parking space away from cars. Join us.
1:42.4	Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim.
1:46.3	Cycling deaths, sadly, have been on the rise for more than a decade.
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