News, Links, and Other Views
City of San Diego
- At a public meeting in the UTC Mayor Faulconer commented on his support for bicycling.
- Reverse angle parking spaces have been installed in Mission Bay Park.
- A bicyclist was hit and injured by a motorcyclists Friday evening on Mira Mesa Boulevard.
- More details about Katie Conner, the bicyclist who was severely injured by a hit-and-run driver in Ocean Beach, the driver has still not been found.
- Retirees in San Diego face transportation challenges in a city built for cars, cars, cars, cars.
- When the issue is cycling, is the city picking winners and losers? That sure seems to be the case with organizing bike races
- Mayor Faulconer has made a strong statement in committing to a community plan amendment in University City to remove the Regent Road Bridge.
San Diego Region
- Coronado City Council member Carrie Downey talks about bikes, speed limits, and parking.
- The Valley Roadrunner takes a look at some of the road widening projects included in SANDAG’s Regional Transportation Improvement Plan.
- La Mesa was awarded a $1 million grant to make King Street safer for bicyclists and pedestrians.
Elsewhere
- Cyclists in Seattle document the various delivery trucks, armored cars, and decorative plastic bollards that end up in their city’s bike lanes.
- The protected bike lane on Lamar in downtown Houston has been delayed while the city waits for delivery of armadillo bollards.
- Impressed by her pleasant riding experiences, a cyclist looks at the how Minneapolis built its network of bicycle freeways.
- Senator Chuck Schumer talks about his frequent bike rides around Brooklyn.
- Bicyclists in Latvia attached car-sized frames to their bikes to illustrate the amount of public space required by both modes of transportation.
- It might be back to the drawing board in Edmonton as the city re-evaluates its bike lane implementation.
- Residents of outer London react to the two week long Mini Holland road closure program currently underway.
- After a young cyclist was injured in Cambridge, questions have arisen about the lack of separated bike lanes on a roundabout.
- A crackdown at a red light in Utrecht resulted in the city ticketing 144 bicyclists, causing a huge bike traffic jam and public uproar. The next day the city announced that the signal timing was off the would be adjusted. View the video here.
- Cartago, Costa Rica is implementing a new bike share system with help of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.