News, Links, and Other Views

April 7, 2014
|In News
|By BikeSD Staff

City of San Diego

  • A look at recent bike infrastructure improvements at UCSD as well as student organizations that are working towards a more bike friendly campus.
  • Plans are in the works to expand State Route 56 from 4 lanes to 6 lanes by 2040.
  • An update on San Diego’s lease-leaseback financing deal to obtain a loan for infrastructure projects.
  • News coverage of last week’s CicloSDias in Pacific Beach.
  • A judge ruled against an effort to stop the referendum on Barrio Logan’s new community plan.
  • SDSU obtained a grant to conduct an in-depth study of the city’s air pollution.
  • A look at the Mid-City Rapid bus rapid transit line and what it does and doesn’t do.

San Diego Region

  • A nearly one mile segment of the Coastal Rail Trail has been completed in Oceanside.

Elsewhere

  • CicLAvia took place on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles.
  • The cost of water pollution due to runoff from parking lots may soon go up in California.
  • A stretch of the old Pacific Coast Highway in the Bay Area has been closed to motorized traffic and is now the Devil’s Slide Coastal Trail.
  • A “battle royale” look at three bike paths in San Francisco.
  • Sacramento State’s prohibition of “wheeled devices” on campus causes one writer to call for better solutions to the school’s transportation problems.
  • Bikes are becoming a popular way to get around Oklahoma City, prompting people to call for better bike infrastructure.
  • A proposed protected bike lane in Cincinnati gets some more news coverage.
  • The number of cyclists on protected bike lanes in Washington DC continues to increase.
  • The Cultural Trail in Indianapolis is attracting new businesses and visitors from nearby cities and other countries.
  • Columbus, Ohio gets ready for the bike path crowds coming this spring.
  • Cycling infrastructure is catching on in Texas as leaders recognize that it is good for business.
  • A Canadian Olympic speed skater expresses his support for cycle tracks in Calgary.
  • Public pressure has lead to the addition of cycle tracks to the plan for improvements to Second Street in Sudbury, Canada.
  • An article looking at what it is like to ride a bicycle in Tokyo.
  • Take video trip along scenic rail trails in New Zealand.
  • A reporter takes a look at the different types of cycling organizations in Australia.