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Sadly, that’s exactly where bike lanes were installed in 2017 after a years-long community process, only to be removed following complaints from drivers used to zooming along the street.

It’s impossible to know whether this tragedy could have been prevented if the bike lanes were still there. But their removal will almost certainly mean Los Angeles will be liable for her death.

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[–] JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

It's impossible to know whether this tragedy could have been prevented if the bike lanes were still there.

It is possible to extrapolate though. While it looks like the bike lanes were only paint, they did provide a wider space to ride in since they replaced a driving lane. Of course this was all undone when drivers got upset. I hope those people are found and interviewed now that these deaths have occurred.

What makes this worse is that she was riding with her whole family, and they had to witness it.