News, Links, and Other Views

March 21, 2013
|In News
|By BikeSD Staff

City of San Diego

  • After two downtown buildings were demolished in order to build parking lots Bill Adams launched an online petition hoping to provide a wake up call to the city for a more vibrant walkable urban environment.
  • The Voice of San Diego gets to the bottom of whether 40%, 37%, or 32% of trips taken by vehicle in San Diego are 2 miles or less.
  • A status report on Mayor Filner’s progress making San Diego more bike friendly.
  • The Livable Streets Coalition (a coalition that includes BikeSD, City Heights Community Development Corporation, Congress for New Urbanism, Great Streets San Diego, Move San Diego, San Diego County Bicycle Coalition, Urban Green and WalkSanDiego) introduces itself to the UT.
  • Linus Bikes responds to the recent San Diego City Council resolution to make the city safer for cyclists.
  • Tour de Fat will be in San Diego on September 28th in Golden Hill Park.
  • A cyclist was injured on College Avenue on Tuesday.
  • The Kensington-Talmage Planning Group, Navajo Community Planners, Inc., and the City of San Diego are working to obtain a grant from Caltrans to improve Fairmount Avenue.
  • Vibrant San Diego hosted a march through North Park to raise awareness and promote safer streets and cleaner air.

San Diego Region

  • The UT profiles San Diego bike paths, with tips about where to park your car and what dangers to watch out for along the route.
  • The deck and driving surface of the Coronado Bay Bridge has been found to be structurally deficient.
  • The Carlsbad City Council approved a plan that will allow restaurants to replace street parking spaces with curb cafes.
  • The Encinitas Traffic Commission agreed to keep an alternate route on Cornish Drive open to through traffic.

Elsewhere

  • In San Francisco the bikes on BART experiment is underway.
  • The Oregon contingent at the National Bike Summit spreads the message that bikes mean business.
  • The Greater Grand Rapids Bicycle Coalition calls for more cycle friendly roads, including some of the first cycle tracks in the state of Michigan.
  • When you drive a car the air and noise pollution aren’t included in the cost, the European Commission is considering how to change this.
  • At MIPIM, an international real estate show for professionals, a speaker emphasizes that better cycling infrastructure and successful cities go hand in hand.
  • Cycling advocates emphasize the positive economic impact of bicycle infrastructure in Virginia.
  • In Minnesota the Transit for a Stronger Economy coalition is working towards getting more state funding for transit, bike paths, and sidewalks.
  • If you had the choice between a cycle track or a bike lane, which would you choose?
  • An Australian survey of 1,000 women finds that more women would bike if they felt safer on the street.
  • Chicago uses cycle tracks as part of a strategy to attract high-tech jobs.
  • Be careful along the bike path, you never know what you might ride over, maybe get some fenders.
  • A cyclist who was severely injured after crashing on a bicycle trail received a $1.2 million settlement because of flaws in the design, construction, and maintenance of the trail.