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Biannual Bike Count Happening Around L.A., Echo Park, Silver Lake

The Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition and L.A. Walks will carry out the biannual count at 120 intersection throughout the city.

Hundreds of volunteers with clipboards in hand will take to Los Angeles street corners starting Tuesday to conduct a citywide count of bicyclists and pedestrians.

In Echo Park, volunteers will be stationed at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Echo Park Boulevard, as well as nearby locations in Silver Lake. 

Among the volunteers is Westside Councilman Mike Bonin, who will be stationed at the corner of Bundy Drive and Idaho Avenue in West Los Angeles this morning.

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Councilman Bob Blumenfield and his staff also have volunteered for the count.

While there are plenty of figures about car trips, "very little is known about the rates of people walking or bicycling in Los Angeles," Bonin said.

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"For too long, our city's focus has been on cars, and not on communities -- despite the evidence that walking and cycling promote healthy lifestyles and reduce pollution and traffic congestion," he said.

The Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition and L.A. Walks will carry out the biannual count at 120 intersection throughout the city.

According to the 2009 count, bicyclists in Los Angeles numbered 14,000 and there were 62,000 pedestrians. In 2011, 15,000 bicyclists and 75,000 pedestrians were counted.

This year's count begins with sessions from 7-9 a.m. and 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, and from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday.

-City News Service  


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