News, Links, and Other Views
City of San Diego
- CicloSDias is coming this Sunday, don’t miss it.
- A cyclist was hit by a motorist on 5th Avenue in Bankers Hill early this morning.
- Spotlight on EcoDistricts and parklets in San Diego neighborhoods.
- How does San Diego’s transit system compare nationally? Here are some charts.
- A short conversation with San Diego Planning Director, Bill Fulton.
- Opinions in the Uptown News highlighting the neighborhood infrastructure process and the problems with SANDAG’s bus rapid transit plans.
- In exchange for widening SR 94, SANDAG has held meetings to discuss “secondary improvements” for affected communities.
- Qualcomm is working on a device to help motorists avoid pedestrians and cyclists.
- Bikes were the subject of some discussion in the UT letters to the editor section.
San Diego Region
- An NCTD bus ran over three cyclists, killing one, on Sunday in Camp Pendleton.
- SANDAG is working on a new regional comprehensive plan that will for the first time give weight to bike and pedestrian projects.
- Based on its fare box recovery ratio SANDAG claims the blue line is one of the best light rail lines in the country, but there is more to a good transit system than fare box recovery.
- CEO of Connect, Duane Roth, has died as a result of injuries sustained from a bike crash.
- The last dirt road in Chula Vista may become a decomposed granite trail.
Elsewhere
- A Massachusetts Bay Transport Authority bike cage in Boston gets a cardboard cop to watch over it (video).
- The Federal Highway Administration is considering taking cycle tracks seriously.
- An article with pictures showing the bicycle infrastructure in Vancouver.
- In Australia the government has agreed that, where practical, all future urban road projects must include a safe separated cycle way.
- Portugal has passed new laws protecting cyclists.
- The Los Angeles Department of Transportation can monitor and control every traffic signal remotely.
- After using New York’s Citi Bike, one author thinks bike share systems could revolutionize city life.
- A road diet success story from the Los Angeles Department of Transportation.
- It turns out, cyclists really like protected bike lanes.
- In San Francisco a cyclist points out that compromise and half-measures do not make good transportation policy or safe streets.
- The city of New Haven is taking steps to educate motorists about dooring (video).
- A cyclist in Chicago examines what generates more foot traffic, free street parking or the city’s bike share.
- An update on CEQA reform proposals.
- A feud has broken out between “shock jocks” and the Melbourne Australia City Council regarding traffic and bike lanes.