Thomas Bahde | August 31, 2009

Our reporter on the scene braved the heat and captured a few images from this year’s Bike the Bay. You can share your own photos from the event by attaching files on the Contact Us page.

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Thomas Bahde | August 29, 2009

The San Diego News Network is reporting that two Critical Mass riders were seriously injured after colliding with one another at the intersection of Centre Street and University Avenue in Hillcrest during last night’s event. One rider apparently suffered severe head injuries, while the other suffered rib and shoulder injuries.
While we typically take a dim [...]

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Thomas Bahde | August 29, 2009

This in itself is news-worthy: San Diego’s mainstream press has a positive bicycling story! Coronado is indeed one of our region’s most bike-friendly towns, and well worth a day trip for any San Diego bicyclist. Now, if we could just get other local communities to follow suit. Wait, that’s exactly what we’re doing!
Oh, and don’t [...]

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Sam Ollinger | August 28, 2009

Jay Porter, the genius behind The Linkery agreed to chat with Bike San Diego about his thoughts on bikes and urban design in San Diego.
Earlier this year, he sold his car and has been “more-or-less car free” since then. The Linkery is one of the 100 best farm-to-table restaurants in the country that caters to [...]

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Sam Ollinger | August 28, 2009

Every San Diego cyclist can be busy every single day from sunrise to sunset just doing various group rides around San Diego County. But what are some of the highlights for this weekend?

Tonight (August 28):  San Diego’s Critical Mass begins at 7PM at the big fountain in Balboa Park. Don’t be shy to cork, and [...]

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Sam Ollinger | August 27, 2009

California finally has a booklet for bicyclists on safe bicycling techniques on public roads and streets. Produced by the San Diego Bicycle Coalition, the book is modeled after the Florida Bicycling Street Smarts booklet.
The original guide written by John S. Allen was used as the model, but the California booklet contains the laws that are [...]

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Thomas Bahde | August 27, 2009

The City of San Diego and SANDAG will unveil a new roadway safety campaign next month called “Lose the Roaditude” which aims to reduce the number of confrontations and accidents between automobile drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians. The campaign is designed to increase awareness of basic traffic rules, promote courtesy, and reduce aggressive behavior by all [...]

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Thomas Bahde | August 26, 2009

The last Friday of every month is Critical Mass, an event in which thousands of bicyclists in cities around the world demonstrate their right to the roads. San Diego’s Mass has grown substantially within the last year or so, typically topping 1,000 riders each month. With so many riders, there are bound to be a [...]

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Sam Ollinger | August 25, 2009

Have you ever wondered how bicycling projects get funded in the San Diego area? Most of the funding for bicycling projects in San Diego come from the TransNet program.
The TransNet program is a state program created by a one-half cent sales tax which funds transportation improvement programs in California. Between 2008-2048, about $14 billion is [...]

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Sam Ollinger | August 25, 2009

The 9th Annual Bicycle Film Festival is coming to San Diego for the first time. The kickoff party begins on September 4th at the Kensington Club (4079 Adams Ave) at 8PM.
From their press release:
Join us for two days of films, parties, Goldsprints and fun. On Friday, September 4, please join us for Goldsprints at [...]

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