Sam Ollinger | March 30, 2010
This is a news item from up north, but note worthy to readers here as well.
Bike Boxes are listed on the agenda [pdf] for the meeting of the California Bicycle Advisory Committee to be held on April 8, 2010 up in Sacramento. The agenda item surrounding bike boxes relates to Caltrans request to experiment with [...]
Sam Ollinger | March 28, 2010
Our friends up in Oceanside have some good news in that the San Luis Rey River Trail has been extended an additional three miles. There is going to be a ribbon cutting ceremony and bike ride on March 31st starting at 9 AM at the Oceanside City Hall (flyer)
biccontrol | March 27, 2010
Come out to the historic Ken Cinema (4061 Adams Ave.) tonight for the San Diego Premiere of Death Pedal 2 directed by San Diego/UCSD-Alumni Kareem Shehab! The film premieres for free at midnight.
For more information on today’s Death Pedal 2-related festivities, check out Bic Control.
For more info on the film, check out Death Pedal.
Sam Ollinger | March 25, 2010
We last wrote about how sad Kearny Villa Road was for San Diegan cyclists. Shortly afterward, the city did perform repairs on the hazardous cracks on the road as promised.
One of our twitter followers @juanrcm regularly rides Kearny Villa Road. He informed us of the terrible job that the city had done in fixing Kearny [...]
Sam Ollinger | March 23, 2010
As you may have garnered, 2010 is shaping up to be an excellent year already for bicyclists. It is hard not to get excited about what is transpiring to be a year of the bicycle. Here in San Diego the Draft San Diego Regional Bicycle Plan is now available for public review and comment.
Public [...]
Sam Ollinger | March 22, 2010
Below are some stories that you may find interesting:
This Wednesday, residents and community leaders are waiting to hear your thoughts on the University Avenue Mobility Study. The meeting will be held at 4044 Idaho Street from 6-8pm. This meeting will be a chance for you to voice your thoughts on making University Avenue more bicycle [...]
Thomas Bahde | March 19, 2010
So we’re a little bit late in getting this posted, but maybe a few of you haven’t heard about it yet. The Bikes Belong Coalition has launched a new initiative called People for Bikes, with the goal of getting 1 million people to take the following pledge:
I am for bikes. I’m for long rides and [...]
Sam Ollinger | March 18, 2010
Dr. Nathan Daley from the UCSD Preventative Medicine is conducting a brief anonymous survey of San Diego cyclists in collaboration with UCSD, San Diego Health and Human Services, and related municipal and private institutions in order to better facilitate utility cycling here in San Diego.
The information collected will help direct efforts aimed at [...]
Sam Ollinger | March 18, 2010
At last week’s National Bike Summit, the Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood made news by enthusiastically offering support toward multi-modal transportation systems.
A few days after his impromptu table-top speech, LaHood presented a new federal policy standard on what agencies large and small ought to do to integrate all forms of transportation together in future projects. [...]
Thomas Bahde | March 11, 2010
In bicycle advocacy circles, we hear a lot about what a bike-friendly San Diego would look like, and of course, we should always look to the future, but we also want to see your photos of what already works in San Diego. Is there a particularly sweet bike lane on your commute? Or an off-street [...]
