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Bicycle/Pedestrian Safety Press Conference
Next Wednesday, April 25, the Safe Streets Project Team will be joining our partners at the South Carolina Departments of Safety and Transportation to unveil our plans for the second phase of the Safe Streets campaign. The press conference will occur at the Colonial Life Arena in Columbia at 11am. Our state partners will also be unveiling a pedestrian safety campaign at the event.
This press event will showcase how we used private dollars from Bike Law and many other statewide partners to develop the foundation of this campaign, and then leveraged those dollars to triple our budget and work to penetrate public discourse on bicycling and the law. This is a tremendous milestone in South Carolina bicycle safety issues, and we hope you will join us! The public is invited to celebrate this exciting event.
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Bicycle Giveaway: Follow us on Facebook or Twitter!
A Specialized Hardrock mountain bike has been generously donated to our campaign, and we want to give you the opportunity to win this bike! The bike is 19", a size large, and is nearly identical to the one pictured here (although it does not have disc brakes and will have pedals).
You can get a chance to win this bike by following Safe Streets on facebook or twitter between May 1 and May 18. The drawing for the bike will occur on Monday, May 21.
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Safe Streets tip: don't ride on the sidewalk
Generally, you should not ride on the sidewalk. It may seem counter-intuitive, but for most bicyclists in most circumstances, it's actually more unsafe to ride a bicycle on a sidewalk than it is the road:
 Sidewalks and crosswalks are designed for pedestrians, and riding a bicycle there puts those individuals in danger of being hit and injured. - Since bicyclists generally travel faster than pedestrians, it is challenging for drivers to predict a bicyclist's actions when they're riding on a sidewalk.
- Sidewalks have more surface irregularities than a roadway, making it often challenging and unsafe for the bicyclist.
- Finally, many cars simply do not see bicyclists on a sidewalk as well as they would on the road, putting the bike at higher risk.
If you have any questions about sidewalk riding in your community, contact the Project Team.
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