THIS IS CBS NEWS BAY AREA WITH JULIETTE GOODRICH. >>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT 7:00. TONIGHT, CHANGES ON ONE OF THE PEAKS, YOU MIGHT FIND HIKERS, DRIVERS, CYCLISTS TAKING UP THE CLIMB UP MOUNT DIABLO TO TAKE IN THE VIEW. WITH THE NARROW, WINDING ROADS, COLLISIONS ARE MORE AND MORE COMMON. ONE CYCLIST WHO WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH HIMSELF HAS BEEN LONG TRYING TO MAKE CHANGES. SHOWING US A PROJECT UNDERWAY THAT COULD SAVE LIVES. >> IT IS TIME, MOTORISTS LOOK BUT FAIL TO SEE. >> Reporter: IF ANYONE KNOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF TAKING BICYCLE SAFETY SERIOUSLY IT IS MOUNT DIABLO CYCLIST. >>> I WAS TRAVEL WITH A FLASHING YELLOW LIGHT ON THE BACK. ALWAYS HAVE A FLASHING YELLOW LIGHT. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR MOTORISTS TO SEE YOU >> BUT EVEN WITH ALL OF THE GEAR ACCIDENTS CAN HAPPEN IN SECONDS AS HE FOUND OUT TWO YEARS AGO. >> OH, HEY, HEY! >> I HAD A CAMERA ON THE FRONT AND THE BACK. I WENT FLYING THROUGH THE AIR. I WAS AIRBORNE QUALIFIED FOR A SECOND TIME. I WAS NOT SEVERELY INJURED BUT I WENT OFF TO THE HOSPITAL. >> AT THE TIME, ALAN, A RETIRED TEACHER AND COLONEL IN THE ARMY RESERVES WAS ALREADY LEADING TO MAKE THE ROAD SAFER FOR RIDERS AND MOTORISTS. >> OH, MY GOD, ARE YOU OKAY? >> IT ADD HIS NAME TO THE GROWING CRASHES, CLOSE CALLS AND NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES FOR THOSE ON THE MOUNTAIN. MANY RECORDED BY THE CYCLISTS THEMSELVES. [BEEP] >> IN 2019, ONE CYCLIST WAS KILLED OUTSIDE OF THE ENTRANCE TO THE STATE PARK AND THE CYCLING COMMUNITY PAINTED A WHITE GHOST BIKE IN THE SPOT. >> IT IS REMEMBRANCE OF THE RIDER WHO WAS STRUCK AND KILLED LEAVING BEHIND HIS WIFE AND THREE YOUNG SONS. >> IN HOPES OF CUTTING DOWN OR ELIMINATING TRAGEDIES, ALAN STUDIED COLLISION REPORTS AND MAPPED OUT THE LOCATIONS OF ALL OF THE INCIDENTS. >> AND REALIZED 80% OF ALL OF THEM WERE OCCURRING ON OR NEAR BLIND CURVES. >> WHEN DRIVERS PASS CYCLISTS ON THE STEEP AND TWISTY ROAD THEY VEER INTO THE LANE WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO SEE IF ANYONE IS COMING. WITH 1,000 BIKES ON THE MOUNTAIN ON BUSY DAYS THERE OFTEN IS. THIS WEEK, STATE PARKS AND A CONTRACTOR CREW STARTED WORK ON WHAT MAY BE A LIFE-SAVING SOLUTION. BICYCLE TURNOUT LANES ON BLIND CURVES. >> CYCLISTS MERGE INTO THE BIKE LANE. MOTORISTS ARE ALLOWED TO STAY IN THEIR LANE AND NOT HIT A CYCLIST. >> 22 BIKE TURNOUTS ARE ADD TO THE 27 PREVIOUSLY BUILT. A TOTAL OF 67 WILL BE BUILT ON THE MOUNTAIN AT A COST OF $700,000. >> AND , I LOVE BIKE TURNOUTS, BIKE TURNOUTS IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PREVEND A COLLISION AND SAVE A LIFE. >> MOUNT DIABLO CHIEF RANGER SAYS THE TURNOUTS ARE ALREADY MAKING A DIFFERENCE. >> A LOT OF THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS WE HAVE DONE OVER THE YEARS WITH THE LOCAL BICYCLE COMMUNITY AND OUR PARTNERS. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REDUCE A LOT OF THE COLLISIONS SIGNIFICANTLY. WE ARE HAPPY TO INSTALL 22 MORE BIKE TURNOUTS IN THE PARK AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE A FEW MORE IN THE FUTURE AS WELL WITH FUNDING. >> ALAN HAS BEEN NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR HIS SAFETY EFFORTS THAT INCLUDE FLASHING MESSAGE BOARDS AND SMALLER ROAD SIGNS ALL OF THE WAY UP THE MOUNTAIN. >> I CAN NOT THANK CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS ENOUGH FOR HELPING US INSTALL BIKE TURNOUTS, MOTORISTS LOVE THE BIKE TURNOUTS. IT IS SAFER FOR MOTORISTS IT IS SAFER FOR CYCLISTS, IT IS SAFER FOR EVERYONE. >> Reporter: IF IT IS CLIMBING TO THE SUMMIT. OR DESENDING BACK DOWN, MOUNT DIABLO HAS LONG BEEN
