Healthy Communities

Bike and Pedestrian Bike Path Improvements Move Forward on Diamond Street in Redondo Beach. Learn More.

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 a healthy Beach Cities community 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 secured 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.

Redondo Beach Phase of the Diamond Street Bike & Pedestrian Path

Beach Cities Health District (BCHD) and the City of Redondo Beach have completed a bicycle and pedestrian improvement project adjacent to BCHD’s Prospect Ave. Campus. The Diamond Street Bike & Pedestrian Path provides an important connection between commercial, residential and recreational areas within the region. This project was funded by a Measure M grant from Los Angeles County Metro.

The Diamond Street Bike and Pedestrian Path Project was recommended to Metro for funding by the South Bay Cities Council of Governments (SBCCOG) in February 2019, under Measure M Multi-Year Subregional Program (MSP) projects for the South Bay Subregion for the Transportation System & Mobility Improvement Program. The project added a bike path, pedestrian infrastructure and improved lighting and safety enhancements to improve accessibility, promote active transportation, and enhance multi-modal mobility options.

Since 2010, the Beach Cities of Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach and Redondo Beach have:

Successes in the Beach Cities:

Streets for All

Streets for All focuses on spreading public education messages about street safety to residents of all age.

Electric Bikes

There has been a recent increase of electric bikes (e-bikes) in the Beach Cities creating a need for more education around this fast-growing tran…

Diamond Street Bike Path Project

Beach Cities Health District (BCHD) is working with the Cities of Redondo Beach to implement a bicycle and pedestrian improvement project that ru…

Additional Resources
Model Design Manual for Living Streets 
Bicycle Friendly Communities: Lessons from Los Angeles County 
Planning Complete Streets for an Aging America
Beach Cities Livability Plan
South Bay Bicycle Master Plan 
AARP Livable Communities