News, Links, and Other Views
City of San Diego
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One driver responsible for a hit-and-run in Hillcrest was arrested this past weekend.
- Council President Todd Gloria was on Fox News this morning talking the good word about facilitating bicycling and safe infrastructure. He said, in part, “right now I think that too San Diegans are forced to choose to commute only by car because they have no viable means of getting from A to B.”
- From Juan Magdarog, news of San Diego’s Outlaw Bicycle Club: Chopaderos.
San Diego Region
- A local cyclist, Mark Caporale, has established the Capo Community Cyclist Collective. Caporale writes, “I’ve begun a cyclist’s collective in La Mesa to support and encourage my cycling friends and all who wish to ride more and ride well.”
- KTU&A’s Allson Moss writes about accommodating bicycle traffic around freeway interchanges.
- If you live in La Jolla and wanted to have an influence in making the community safer for all road users, sign up to fill one of the two vacancies currently open in the planning group.
National
- In news that should surprise no BikeSD supporter, Vox reports, “Driver error contributes to way more deaths than cyclist error“. In further unsurprising news and why we don’t support sharrow implementation on streets with more than one travel lane, the report goes on to state “Rear-end collisions cause a huge number of cyclist deaths” despite it being a small percentage of overall collisions.
- Marven Norman who presides over the Inland Empire Biking Alliance noted the unfortunate partner of DWB (Driving while black): WWB (Walking While Black) where drivers are less likely to yield to black pedestrians.
- The small town of Millbrae implemented a protected bike lane project at a transit station.
- In Idaho, a cyclist that survived a hit-and-run crash happens to be one of two pancreatic surgeons in the state of Idaho. Local police claim they are looking for the driver responsible for causing the injury.
- In Decobike news (from Miami), Craig Chester writes that “Bikesharing is good for taxpayers and the local economy“.
- The invisible visible man documents his encounter with an entitled motorist.
- Strong Towns posts about signage failure.
Chip Sanders is on vacation.