Sam Ollinger | September 14, 2009
Larry Hogue sent us this story from Biking in LA on Bicycle Courtesy. With the increasing numbers of newish bicycle riders hitting the streets, it is important that riders behave in a manner that is polite and considerate to all users on the road. This is the underlying assumption with San Diego’s latest campaign. — [...]
Sam Ollinger | September 11, 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 yet another perfect weekend? Saturday (September 12): Saturday starts out with a blast, that is the Mid-City Bike Blast. This month’s ride will feature [...]
Sam Ollinger | September 11, 2009
To date, the only public involvement with the San Diego Bicycle Master Plan has been participation in an online survey, and attendance in an open house. Meanwhile in Coronado, the city appointed Coronado residents to their Bicycle Master Plan Committee. Coronado has successfully obtained a grant of $75,000 from SANDAG to draft a bicycle master [...]
Thomas Bahde | September 9, 2009
The new issue of the San Diego Reader has a great look at the world of pedicabs, which provides a much-needed street-level view of the issue. Key themes seem to be that the industry is not capable of regulating itself and that the City of San Diego, before the death of Sharon Miller in July, [...]
Sam Ollinger | September 9, 2009
The National Resource Defense Council (NRDC) reviewed cities across the nation and named 15 “Smarter Cities” in small, medium, and large city categories. They looked at the following criteria: air quality green building standard of living environmental standards and participation transportation recycling green space energy production and conservation water quality The mission in creating this [...]
Sam Ollinger | September 9, 2009
The last American Community Survey relating to commutes in the U.S. was released in 2007. The percentage of San Diegans that commuted by bicycle to work was 0.6% or 3,602 riders. The margin of error was +/- 920. This was an increase from 0.48% in 2003. While the increase is encouraging, the percentage of people [...]
Sam Ollinger | September 7, 2009
Tom Scott, Executive Director of the San Diego Housing Federation, sent us this story on Portland’s Economic Dividend. The story focuses on a study done by economist Joe Cortright on how Portland’s environmentally friendly policies have paid off in a big way. Cortright estimates that the miles not traveled by an automobile result in an [...]
Sam Ollinger | September 7, 2009
We’ve responded to Chris Nixon’s summary of his first week living car-free in San Diego. Below is a copy of our response. I applaud you and your wife’s attempt in going car-lite in September. As one of Bike San Diego’s authors, my husband and I are car free and live happily year round without an [...]
Sam Ollinger | September 4, 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 nice long weekend? Tonight (September 4): The Bicycle Film Festival begins in San Diego at 8PM tonight! Starting with Goldsprints hosted by Adams [...]
Sam Ollinger | September 4, 2009
San Diegan cyclist FO wrote to us describing an encounter he had with a self-described off-duty “federal officer.” FO described himself as a fairly new resident to San Diego and still learning how to get around San Diego by bicycle. His destination this morning required him to use both his bicycle and the San Diego [...]
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