the PDF - Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition

OPERATION
Winter 2014-2015
Lights given to
over 2,000 people
An education and bicycle light distribution program of the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition intended to
make sure bicyclists in Los Angeles are riding safely at night. Groups of volunteers stop bicyclists riding without lights
in order to give them front and rear lights along with an information spoke card that explains the law for riding at night and provides
tips for nighttime safety. Each light recipient was asked to complete a short survey, the results of which are below.
of recipients
33%
serve people who ride out of necessity and these results confirm that we're reaching mostly transportation riders.
Of those 33%, these were the reasons why:
30% Too expensive
26% Didn’t think was important
18% Doesn't usually ride at night
11% Keep getting stolen
8% Too much effort
7% Other
of recipients don’t
usually ride with
lights at night
EDUC ATION
75%
main
form
of
transportation.
The majority of the people we're serving with Operation Firefly rely on their bikes! Our program strives to primarily
told us that their bike is their
86%
of recipients are
misinformed regarding
the legal requirements
for biking at night
.18 Non-Hispanic White
.28 Hispanic
.23 Black
.13 Asian/Pacific Islander
Latinos have more
<10 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70+
Millennials (age 15-35)
represent about half of all
safety than any other U.S. ethnic group 1
recipients at 49%
48% fatalities 27% collisions
of bicyclist
4:00pm and Midnight
of all bike
in Los Angeles County
3
occur at night
4
81% Male
19% Female
Shift this Stat! 2 Cities with streets that
are safe and comfortable for bicycling
tend to have smaller gender disparities
LANGUAGE
at stake in improving bike
in the U.S. occured between
GENDER
Recipients:
AGE
SAFE T Y
Age-Adjusted Biking Deaths per 100,000
67% English
31% Spanish
5
Almost one third of recipients are primarily
Spanish speaking. Bicycle education and
safety programs must be multilingual and
culturally appropriate
(1) WISQARS Fatal Injury Reports, National and Regional, 1999-2013. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014. (2) This stat is consistent with general ridership numbers. Men ride at a higher rate than women. “Bicycle Findings & Reccomendations
Report 2013,” Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition. (3) “Traffic Safety Facts: Bicyclists and Other Cyclists; 2012 Data Set,” April 2014. U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, pg. 2. (4) Statistics gathered from
California Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS). 2012 Data Set, California Highway Patrol. (5) Two percent of respondents indicated a language other than English or Spanish.