News, Links, and Other Views
City of San Diego
- The North Park Planning Committee’s Urban Design Project Review Subcommittee approved two bike corrals and a parklet on 30th street.
- The City of San Diego removed bright green paint from the Montezuma Road bike lane because it made the lane more dangerous.
San Diego Region
- The Coronado City Council has approved replacing eight parking spaces with bike corrals.
- In El Cajon police shot a bicyclist while trying to ticket him for riding on the sidewalk.
- If you commute to work by transit you may be able to receive $245 per month as a non-taxable fringe benefit.
- In Temecula apartment developers try to gain City Council approval for their project by adding a pedestrian/bike trail.
- A cyclist was hit by a car in the bike lane late at night in San Marcos.
- After ousting their mayor from his SANDAG position, Oceanside City Councilmembers failed to get the SANDAG committee appointments they were after.
Elsewhere
- In San Francisco it is safer than ever to commute by bike.
- An Australian study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that commuting by car is linked to weight gain.
- Britain wonders whether they could increase cycling by following the German example.
- In Venice Beach a cyclist was given a ticket for “unsafe speed” on the bike path, but when he posted a video of the incident on YouTube the ticket was canceled.
- Oregon City is investing in bike tourism to increase the city’s economic vitality.