Sam Ollinger | December 8, 2009
Our friends up in San Diego’s north county’s coastal region recently wrote about the Merriam Mountain project - a new housing development that is redefining what “smart growth” means. The developers have rights to build 345 houses. They do not own the development rights to build 2,700 houses. The developer, Stonegate Development Company, requested an [...]
Sam Ollinger | December 8, 2009
Unfortunately one of the downsides of a growing bicycle community is the existence of the lowest of the lowest forms of organisms – a bicycle thief. A reader, T. Smith has just had his bicycle stolen. He unfortunately does not have a picture of his steed, below is a description: Hi, I am a student [...]
Sam Ollinger | December 6, 2009
I received this via email: The project schedule and work hours have been changed due to a large boulder that crews encountered during the boring process in mid-November. New work hours will be Monday to Friday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. And Sunday to Thursday from 6 p.m. To 6 a.m. The product team [...]
Sam Ollinger | December 4, 2009
From the San Diego Union Tribune: Cyclists are being asked to join a holiday toy ride tomorrow by the La Mesa Bicycle Racing Club. Cyclists carrying donated toys will ride from a La Mesa coffee shop to the East County Boys & Girls Club in El Cajon, where the gifts will be dropped off. The [...]
Protorio | December 3, 2009
This story was originally posted on vélo-flâneur by Esteban who lives, works and rides in San Diego. ———– In a story on All Things Considered, NPR reporter Mandalit del Barco uses the road rage conviction of Dr. Christopher Thomas Thompson to discuss the perceived growing tensions between cyclists and drivers in Southern California, and by [...]
Sam Ollinger | December 3, 2009
http://velocult.com/ Sky Boyer, the owner of Velo Cult, is a visionary in San Diego when it comes to the growing bicycle scene. His bicycle store specializes in steel bikes and ensuring that every rider gets the right bike for themselves. BikeSD had the opportunity to ask Sky a few questions about him self, his philosophy [...]
Sam Ollinger | December 1, 2009
Despite some minimal progress toward fixing roads in San Diego, traffic gridlock and ill-maintained (and the never maintained) roads remain a constant source of irritation for the city’s cyclists. Rosecrans Street is one of the busiest streets in the city with an average daily traffic of up to 100,000 vehicles. The city of San Diego, [...]
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