I saw this article in the Glendale News-Press online. In it is a helmet survey. I tried doing a survey of helmet or no helmet on my commute. I see a close to 50% split between helmet and non-helmet users.
Bike, pedestrian safety still a concern
Improved infrastructure, education could help reduce accident numbers.
March 01, 2011|By Melanie Hicken, melanie.hicken@latimes.com
CITY HALL — Roughly a third of Glendale’s bicyclists don’t use helmets, while more than 20% ride on sidewalks, according to a recent citywide survey of cyclists and pedestrians.
The count — during which dozens of volunteers manned 26 street corners during a morning and evening weekday commute and a weekend morning — logged more than 2,000 cyclists and more than 15,000 pedestrians.
The findings showed a continued need for public-safety campaigns to curb dangerous behaviors, said Colin Bogart, a liaison with the nonprofit Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition who oversaw the count as part of his work on a Safe and Healthy Streets plan.
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