When living in a big city like Houston it is hard to get place to place. Most go by car, metro bus, metro rail, or even biking. Bike riding has been an uprising concern for many Houston residents in the past few years.
On January 14 a
bicyclist was killed in a hit-and-run in east Houston just a couple weeks after
two other cyclists who were killed by motorcyclists who also failed stop.
In the last 45 days two other cyclists have
been killed. One killed on her way from home and another who was just outside a
crosswalk taking a stroll in his neighborhood.
Not only automobile drives are at fault for
cyclist’s death but in the past year one cyclist was struck while walking her bike across the
light rail tracks in downtown Houston.
As of last year The Houston City Council
passed a law regarding cyclist. The law states that drivers are to give
cyclists at least three feet of space. As of the last three months not a single
tickets was issued for violating the law.
As for cyclists, they are all to have bike
lights on during the night time.
Many cyclists believe that drivers should be
more precautions of their surroundings.
Cyclists also believe the leading cause for
bike incidents are due to the design and condition of roads.
According to the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, not Houston but Harris County had ten cyclists were
deaths in 2011 and eight in 2012.
In comparison to Houston, many other cities
have successfully increased the safety for bikers.
Portland, Oregon is considered one of the safest
cities in the United States. According to Bike Portland, a pro-cycling group in
Oregon, the city did not have any cyclists’ deaths in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006,
2008, 2010, or 2013.
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