Sam Ollinger | March 10, 2010
Google Announces ‘Bike There’ Directions – Yesterday at the ongoing National Bike Summit, Google announced that biking directions would be added to their maps. This is exciting news and I did some test runs and was pleased that the elevation was taken into consideration when routing around San Diego’s various canyons. Call your Congressperson and [...]
Sam Ollinger | March 9, 2010
Recently, the Union Tribune reported on how dangerous the conditions are on Kearny Villa Road for cyclists. This is not news. In 2001, Larry Mahr was a victim of a fatal collision and, in 2005, Captain Patrick M. Klokow was fatally struck – a victim of a hit and run – all on Kearny Villa [...]
Thomas Bahde | March 9, 2010
Edit: Nothing wrong with a little redundancy, right? Although it seems I’m a little behind with this, I’ll still be posting tidbits for your perusal. Ah, the joys of multi-authored blogs! The folks at the Alliance for Biking and Walking (formerly the Thunderhead Alliance) have just recently released their 2010 benchmarking report. We have our [...]
Thomas Bahde | March 4, 2010
by Larry Hogue Larry Hogue is a writer. He lives in San Diego. Imagine you’re standing at the corner of Governor Drive, waiting to cross Genesee Avenue. You’re waiting, and waiting, and waiting, as traffic rushes by at 45-50 miles an hour. When you get your walk signal, you have to wait as two or [...]
Sam Ollinger | March 4, 2010
The San Diego Custom Bicycle Show is around the corner. The event will be held April 9th, 10th & 11th, 2010 at 500 Hotel Circle North at the Town and Country Resort and Convention Center in the “Golden Pacific Ballroom.” For more details and information on registering for the show, please visit the website.
Sam Ollinger | March 2, 2010
Bike San Diego reader, Andrew Parish, wrote letting us know of his efforts to get the city of Oceanside to place signage alerting motorists to the presence of bicyclists who would be riding the lane on Oceanside Boulevard while the bike lanes get resurfaced. A copy of his letter (dated February 25, 2010) and the [...]
Thomas Bahde | March 2, 2010
You have probably noticed, loyal readers, that BikeSD has been off the air for a little while, or at least that new posts have slowed down. Those of us who contribute to, edit, and administer the site are not full-time advocates in the traditional sense. We all have other things we do. What unites us [...]
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