Sam Ollinger | January 29, 2012
Sharrows have appeared on University Avenue in Hillcrest. Read our previous coverage of sharrows and the purpose they serve. And Pacific Highway in Old Town finally got a long deserved bike lane upgrade over the weekend. And cyclists in the region immediately were seen riding on it. Once the resurfacing team gets around to resurfacing [...]
Sam Ollinger | January 27, 2012
What is this all about? From the Filthy Sailors themselves, We are the Filthy Sailors. Or the Filthy Landlubbers. Well we’re filthy, and we like drinking and we like bicycling – responsibly of course. And where better than San Diego, California? Not sure if we’re bikers or drinkers first, but we love a fermented barley’d [...]
Sam Ollinger | January 25, 2012
When the Occupy Wall Street movement began last year, mainstream media reports on it varied from utter confusion to mockery. But it sparked something and pretty soon Occupiers around the country began Occupying a spot in their jurisdiction to bring attention to a variety of complaints and grievances. We have our own Occupy San Diego [...]
Sam Ollinger | January 24, 2012
Typically I do not cover bicycling collisions in San Diego although I do make exceptions if readers send in additional information. I find it very difficult to write about the death of fellow cyclists because I can empathize with the pain the family members must experience to lose a loved one in such a horrific [...]
Sam Ollinger | January 23, 2012
The biggest news to list here is that the State Attorney General, Kamala Harris, has joined in the lawsuit filed against the SANDAG and its Board stating that “the 3.2 million residents of the San Diego region already suffer from the seventh worst ozone pollution in the country,” and that the 2050 Regional Transportation Plan [...]
Sam Ollinger | January 23, 2012
Last week was a horrible week for the City’s cyclists. Last Wednesday, a cyclist was injured when he collided with an automobile while riding against traffic on Market Street. According to the Union Tribune, The cyclist suffered multiple open-leg fractures and a broken arm. The injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. We hope that [...]
Sam Ollinger | January 19, 2012
Channel 10 news is reporting a serious injury of a 45 year old cyclist who was hit from behind on the 6000 block of Sorrento Valley Boulevard. A BikeSD reader happened to be riding that exact stretch and reported it in: The Union Tribune is also covering this story but isn’t reporting any additional [...]
Sam Ollinger | January 19, 2012
To get an update on what is turning out to be an epic saga, I emailed Gaetano Martedi from the Public Works Engineering Department to get a status on the Ruffin Road bike lanes. I also included District 6 Councilmember, Lori Zapf, and our bike coordinator, Tom Landre, in the discussion. I received a response [...]
Sam Ollinger | January 17, 2012
In 1990, a lifelong cyclist, Richard Allen Dreger was killed in a hit-and-run while riding his bicycle southbound on Pacific Highway by Barnett Avenue. As any cyclist who has ever ridden that stretch in San Diego knows, it is a fast paced road that is extremely unfriendly for cyclists to ride on. But alternatives to [...]
Sam Ollinger | January 17, 2012
A BikeSD reader sent this feel good story of the day. The North County Times is reporting how Officer Joe Leffingwell is now forever a hero to an Escondido bicyclist. A driver faces six years in prison after pleading guilty to gross vehicular manslaughter for a hit-and-run collision that killed 64 year old Vista bicyclist, Arthur [...]
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