Sam Ollinger | December 28, 2009
Vaidila dropped us a note to let us know that Ride the City has entered a competition in New York City that will reward useful applications that have been developed using freely available city data. His email said in part:
We’re looking to get more of the public to vote for our application if they like/use [...]
Sam Ollinger | December 24, 2009
As the year draws to a close, we too will be taking a step away from the computer to spend it with family, friends and good food. We hope that you have a safe and restful holiday.
Sincerely,
Your friendly writers at BikeSD.org
Will (Rider/Writer at Large) | December 22, 2009
At the age of 12, my mother told me I was now old enough to ride my bike where ever I wished. The invisible fence was at the end of the block in an evolving suburban neighborhood in South San Jose. You could, at a stretch, from the end of the block, see down a [...]
Sam Ollinger | December 21, 2009
Last Friday, a semi-trailer collided with a bicyclist riding in the City Heights neighborhood and dragged the bicyclist more than 20 feet before stopping.
The rider is currently in critical condition at Scripps Hospital in Hillcrest and is undergoing basic stabilizing surgeries before surgeons start the process of reconstructing his femur and pelvis.
We will keep you [...]
Sam Ollinger | December 18, 2009
Last week, bicyclists riding along Clairemont Drive Boulevard noticed new bike lane markings. This was unexpected and unprecedented especially as the City had sought no input from the residential or bicycling community and had reduced the lanes from two to one for automobile drivers, giving the second lane to bicyclists.
Last night the City of San [...]
Sam Ollinger | December 18, 2009
From the League of American Bicyclists:
National Bike Summit 2010 – Building on 10 Years of Progress
Bicycling has come a long way in the last 10 years. Our movement has grown larger and more effective; the number of people riding is growing in almost every community in the nation. We need more people on bikes more [...]
Sam Ollinger | December 16, 2009
Bike San Diego has joined forces with the Stolen Bike Registry maintained by the talented Bryan Hance. The registry allows fellow San Diegan cyclists to register their stolen bikes in a free, well organized, searchable database.
If your bike has been stolen, please register it at the Stolen Bike Registry.
To get real time updates and help [...]
Sam Ollinger | December 15, 2009
The post below originally appeared on Andrew Woolley’s blog. Andrew lives, works and rides in San Diego, CA.
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In March 2009 I was cited for violating CVC 21202(a). The Police Officer understood that code as mandating that bicycles always operate as far to the right as possible. You can read the Court Transcripts, My Appellant’s [...]
Sam Ollinger | December 15, 2009
An argument often made against allocating money toward bike infrastructure improvements is that they cost too much. So why not allow bicycles on existing infrastructure? Bicycle Highways sound good on paper, but for a city and state that is bankrupt, building new infrastructure is going to be a harder sell than retrofitting existing infrastructure.
From the [...]
Sam Ollinger | December 14, 2009
I had the opportunity to sit down with Andrew Woolley late last Friday to talk about his recent win. We had a long discussion about the win and about what he had learned.
One of the reasons Woolley admitted to being surprised about the outcome of the initial trial was due to a conversation he had [...]
