News, Links, and Other Views
City of San Diego
- The College Area Community Council has proposed physically separated bike lanes on both sides of Montezuma Road as part of their “Montezuma Trail” concept.
- As you have no doubt already heard, at the unveiling of a rainbow colored bike corral in Hillcrest, Mayor Filner announced that the city will hold a ciclovia style event this August called CicloSDias. Official site here.
- City councilman Todd Gloria writes about North Park including the Mid-City Regional Bike Corridor.
- San Diego gets a mention in an article about hotels providing bicycles to guests.
- The La Jolla Community Planning Association is asking for input on placement of sharrows, bike corrals, and other bike infrastructure improvements.
San Diego Region
- The California Coastal Commission will take up the question of bike lanes and sharrows on Coast Highway in Encinitas in either June, July, or October.
- Mayor Filner created a stir at a SANDAG meeting with questions about plans to spend $40 million on public relations.
- Mountain biking is gaining popularity as a competitive high school sport.
Elsewhere
- In Virginia dooring a cyclist remains legal.
- The author of a Canadian study on safe bike lanes points out that separated bike lanes are a public health issue.
- LA city council candidates express little regard for the city’s bike lane plans in their district.
- In Long Beach the Surfrider Foundation has reservations about a bike path on the beach.
- Washington state has proposed a law requiring anyone buying a bike that costs more than $500 to pay a $25 dollar fee.
- In Crown Heights a bike corral has become the focal point for a neighborhood dealing with gentrification.
- A plan to add bike lanes and remove street parking on Polk Street in San Francisco has merchants and residents concerned.
- One person was arrested trying to save a sequoia tree that was cut down to make way for a bike path in Portland.
- After a grand jury failed to indict a truck driver who ran over and killed a cyclist in Massachusetts, the Boston Globe wonders whether anti-cycling bias is to blame.
- The South Bend, Indiana Common Council is considering passing a law that would require motorists to keep 3 feet of distance when passing bicyclists.
- Despite a large outpouring of support, London failed to pass a proposed amendment that would have increased spending on cycling infrastructure.
- In New Zealand a writer questions the effectiveness of mandatory hi-viz gear versus more education and increased numbers of cyclists on the road. Also in New Zealand, a joke gone wrong.