News, Links, and Other Views
City of San Diego
- Tuesday’s Uptown Planning Committee meeting was the scene of heated debates between cyclists and anti-cyclists over the city’s plans for new bike infrastructure.
- National planning expert argues cycling can solve San Diego’s ‘last mile problem’.
- San Diego’s cycling City Council Member, David Alvarez announces his bid for mayor. Council Member Kevin Faulconer has also announced he’s running for mayor. However, to the best of my knowledge, he does not ride to work.
California
- Santa Monica neighborhood presents plans for new cycling facility.
- Los Angeles faces its own battle to install cycle tracks.
- Meanwhile, the LA County Bicycle Coalition is looking for volunteers to help with bicycle and pedestrian counts.
- On the heels of the Bay Area Bike Share launch, Berkeley and San Francisco to launch an electric bicycle sharing pilot program next spring.
- Urban designer argues California’s car culture driving itself toward bankruptcy.
Elsewhere
- According to The Atlantic Cities, bike-share is key to closing cycling’s gender gap.
- Bike-share in the U.S. has more than doubled since the beginning of 2013.
- London’s streets show the disparity between bike-share and bike infrastructure.
- Even The Onion has caught on to bike-share.
- Seattle study reaffirms that bike lanes are good for business.
- StreetsPAC, ‘New York’s first-ever livable streets political action committee’ has endorsed Bill de Blasio for New York City mayor.
- The Green Lane Project has published a handy guide to North American bike infrastructure.
- The Atlantic foresees a battle over electric bikes on the horizon in the U.S.
- It’s no mystery that America is experiencing a decline in driving. The question is why?
- Mobile parks create a perfect hybrid of bikes and parklets in Azerbaijan. Let’s bring these to San Diego!