News, Links, and Other Views
San Diego
- SANDAG Bicycle Corridors – Finished Before They Even Started
- Family of Rady Children’s CFO killed in bike crash wants answers, apology
- The city of San Diego paid out $225,000 to a local rider who who sued over the city’s inadequate and defective bike lanes.
- SDPD is advising everyone to lock their bicycles even in the garage
- UC San Diego Report: More Bikes, Less Parking Is Better For Business
- Anatomy of a Dangerous Intersection
San Diego County
- Carlsbad Police Looking to Reunite Owners With Their Stolen Bikes
- Three Arrested During Investigation Into High-End Bicycle Thefts in North County
- Comprehensive strategy unveiled for bicycle, pedestrian improvements in Solana Beach
- Santee has opened the longest segment of the San Diego River Trail
- Encinitas residents want latest plan for a bike and pedestrian pathway on the east side of the coastal rail line in Cardiff to be tweaked\
- Cardiff’s Chesterfield Drive railroad crossing will soon be redesigned to remove the free right turns to make it safer to walk and ride
- County Supervisor Dave Roberts writes that bicycle riding is invigorating and good for San Diego
- Valley Center may be home to the county’s first mountain bike park
- An update to the 2011 Regional Transportation Plan is underway by SANDAG
- The San Diego Union Tribune writes about sharrows spreading in North County. A survey in the story shows 65% of the readership don’t think San Diego is a bike-friendly city.
- The Cardiff city council votes to put bicycle and walking facilities on San Elijo Avenue, instead of Coast Highway 101
California
- California has climbed the ranks to become the 8th most bicycle friendly state in the country.
- Sausalito residents complain about the bicycle traffic but remain curiously silent about the vehicle traffic
- California Bicycle Coalition will hold its summit in October
Elsewhere
- A woman accused of being distracted by her cellphone when her car struck and killed a bicyclist has been barred from using any portable communication device for two years.
- America Could Have Been Building Protected Bike Lanes for the Last 40 Years
- Former resident of North County retires and moves to Nevada County and declares that Nevada County is unsafe to ride a bicycle
- Santa Fe, NM has installed the city’s first bike corral.
- The Board of Supervisors in Santa Cruz County, Fl has approved supporting an interstate bicycle network that will stretch from Florida to San Diego
- Philadelphia is the latest major city to launch a bike share program
- Malibu opens dedicated lane for bicycle riding
- Toronto cyclists hold ‘die-in’
- Garmin to launch first bicycle-use rear-view radar
- The League’s outgoing president on state of biking in Portland and beyond
- Tips on how to deal with the heat while bicycling
- All talk? Here are the actions the City of Portland is taking toward Vision Zero
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