Friday, March 27, 2020

A Self-Distancing Opportunity

Laguna's traffic congestion is way down due to the COVID-19 "self-distancing" measure. The stay-at-home order, isolation and mass layoffs contributed to reduced distance traveled by these amounts:
  • California down 36%
  • California number of miles driven down 53%
  • LAX Air traffic down 85%
  • San Francisco (all vehicle modes) down 70%
  • LA & OC 405 speeds averaging over 70mph 
  • Update: Accidents down 50% -LAT
Traffic speeds up shown in green -Google

With reduced motor vehicles on our roads and the Laguna Beach Trolley shut-down, now is a good time to try Laguna's bike-routes while complying with "self-distancing" rule.

GOOGLE Maps shows LB "bike-friendly" routes in blue. Maybe GOOGLE didn't get the memo.
Google Maps bike-friendly routes in Laguna Beach

For more charts on distance traveled, flight delays, empty SoCal freeways see this LA Times article.

-LS 

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