Three months with the green “sharrows” have seen a 29% increase in bicycle traffic on Second Street in Belmont Shore and some business owners said they have seen an increase from it — but concerns about a big accident loom. Sept. 26 and 27, city staff and volunteers were out counting the number of cyclists on Second Street, as they had done back in June before the green-stripe sharrows were painted. The goal of the sharrows was to increase the number of bicyclists that come to Belmont Shore and get them off the sidewalks and into the first lane of traffic, where statistics show there are fewer accidents, said Charles Gandy, mobility coordinator for Long Beach. Continue reading Grunion Gazette.
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