The cities of Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach and Redondo Beach are prioritizing policies that help make the healthy choice the easy choice.
Where we live, work, and play influences the choices we make. Creating healthy Beach Cities means creating surroundings where it’s easy for residents to make the healthy choice — from providing easier access to grocery stores than fast food restaurants, to providing bike lanes with direct access to work, retail centers, beaches and parks. Cities can support the health and vitality of citizens by introducing policies that nudge people into eating better and moving more.
The Beach Cities have been able to secure more than $8.1 million in grants and funding for livability projects that help make active transportation easier.
What’s more, the improvements that make a community more walkable and bikeable tend to be long-lasting. Sidewalks and bike lanes endure for years — even decades — improving the community’s livability well into the future.
Bike path on Flagler Lane/Diamond Street
Beach Cities Health District is working with the Cities of Redondo Beach and Torrance to implement a bicycle and pedestrian improvement project that will provide an important connection between commercial, residential and recreational areas within the region. The project, on Flagler Lane from Beryl Street to Prospect Avenue, will add bicycle facilities, sidewalks, and improved lighting to enhance safety and accessibility and promote active transportation. This project is funded by a Measure M grant from Los Angeles County Metro. Click here to view the latest proposed drawings for the project, which were submitted to the Cities of Redondo Beach and Torrance for review and permits in September 2022
Since 2010, the Beach Cities of Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach and Redondo Beach have:
- Adopted the Beach Cities Livability Plan (Fall 2011)
- Adopted the South Bay Bicycle Master Plan (Fall 2011)
- Completed preliminary analysis to assess feasibility of bike lanes on Aviation Boulevard
- Participated in “Bike to Lunch” event on national “Bike to Work” Day
- On behalf of the Cities of Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach and Redondo Beach, Beach Cities Health District's Livability Committee applied for and won two grants to support livability projects: 1) Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) Sustainability Planning Grant – Bicycle Mini-Corral Plan project - $40,000 and 2) SCAG Transportation Planning Grant – Aviation Boulevard Multi-Modal Corridor Plan - $277,000
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For information about Beach Cities Health District's Streets for All campaign visit, bchd.org/streetsforall