News, Links, and Other Views

October 13, 2014
|In News
|By BikeSD Staff

City of San Diego

  • The Voice of San Diego takes a closer look at the evolving plans for University Avenue in Hillcrest.
  • The City’s Infrastructure Committee has approved using $1.1 million of Federal Community Development Block Grant funds to fix San Diego sidewalks.
  • A cyclist was seriously injured by a hit-and-run driver in the Ocean Beach area.
  • The San Diego City Times points out how the Three Feet for Safety Act protects bicyclists.
  • San Diego cyclists discuss the challenges of sharing the road.

San Diego Region

  • 53 schools around San Diego County took part in International Walk to School Day.

Elsewhere

  • The Orange County Transportation Authority recently completed another section of the OC Loop.
  • A look at the cycle track being constructed on King Street in Honolulu.
  • Cincinnati has constructed Ohio’s first protected bike lane on Central Parkway.
  • In the suburbs of Pittsburgh the demand for bike lanes is growing.
  • The United States Department of Transportation has released an online resource providing guidance to transportation professionals about how to make streets safer for bicyclists.
  • London’s cycle superhighway project has encountered some behind the scenes political opposition.