News, Links, and Other Views
City of San Diego
- The San Diego Free Press looks at the history and benefits of protected bike lanes.
- A bicyclist was injured when a motorist pulled out in front of him on 30th Street in San Diego.
- An update on Decobike’s San Diego bike share system, including an estimated timeline, cost of using the service, and location selections.
- The Voice of San Diego looks at the connection between housing density and light rail usage.
- The City of San Diego has cut the number of days Fiesta Island can be closed to car traffic in half.
- One of our amazing board members, Omar Passons, was profiled by the Uptown News.
San Diego Region
- A bicyclist was injured by a motorist in a hit-and-run in Carlsbad on Thursday evening.
- The daughter of a cyclist killed by a hit-and-run drunk driver in Carlsbad was shocked to see the driver in a local grocery store after only serving 2 years of a 6 year sentence.
- After spending $900 million on a “Green Build” the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority has voted to spend between $80-$88 million on a parking structure, but still they can’t find the money to build a rail connection to the airport.
- The controversial I-5 expansion from Oceanside to San Diego will go before the California Coastal Commission next month.
- At a discussion about the proposed UTC trolley stop, residents were concerned about parking and traffic.
Elsewhere
- Cyclists in Washington D.C. protested outside the Washington Post after a columnist called bicyclists bullies, terrorists, and suggested motorists hit them. More reactions here and here.
- A writer in Athens, Georgia discusses the stereotype of the “scofflaw cyclist.”
- It’s back to the drawing board in Boise, Idaho as city leaders ended a protected bike lane pilot project and are now looking for something that works better.
- Ogden, Utah is constructing the Grant Avenue Promenade, with separated bike lanes, improved sidewalks, and limited parking.
- The Wall Street Journal takes a look at the ups and downs of bike share systems across the United States.
- The Florida DOT is working on developing a standardized bike lane design, pilot projects include a buffered bike lane in Tampa Bay.
- Cities across the United States are discovering that protected bike lanes are good for the local economy.
- Amtrak is adding baggage cars with bike racks on selected routes in the United States, allowing people to bring bikes onboard without disassembling and boxing them.
- Naples, Italy is undergoing a positive transformation thanks to new bicycle and pedestrian-friendly infrastructure.
- Spending some time in Amsterdam observing the mix of transportation at a busy intersection caused one cyclist to think about cycling in a new way.
- In the United Kingdom bicycle retailers discuss whether the standard marketing strategy needs to change from high-end racing bikes to educating potential and beginning cyclists.