Sam Ollinger | January 19, 2010
Jim Baross, spokesperson for the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition sent out this message to the San Diego bicycle community which we are reposting here.
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There are four bicycling issues to be heard at this special San Diego meeting of the California Traffic Control Devices Committee (CTCDC). This committee is the officially accepted body to provide [...]
Thomas Bahde | January 19, 2010
We’re building a photo archive of bicycles, bicycling, and bicycle-related infrastructure in San Diego, and you can help!
Remember to pack a camera on your next bike ride or walkabout and take photos of everything bicycle-related. We’re looking for photos of people riding bikes, parked bikes, kids on bikes, bike lanes, road signs, bikes at local [...]
Sam Ollinger | January 12, 2010
Woodstock Pizza, is the employer of Matt Kelly who was critically injured when a semi collided into him and then dragged him 20 feet.
Woodstock Pizza is raising funds to assist Matt Kelly with his hospitalization bills. As such,
50% of the proceeds will go to Matt Kelly, a long-time loyal Woodstock’s employee who was hit by [...]
Sam Ollinger | January 8, 2010
Since my last update about insensitive traffic lights made sensitive, I received an email that another service request has been fulfilled.
I submitted a request on December 31, 2009 to the San Diego Streets Division to have the left turn light at Village Place turning to Park Boulevard made more sensitive to bicycles.
Today, January 8, 2010, [...]
Sam Ollinger | January 4, 2010
I recently decided to start tracking all the insensitive traffic lights in the city of San Diego. That is, I will be tracking the traffic lights that aren’t triggered by bicycles.
I submitted a request on December 31, 2009 to the San Diego Streets Division to have the left turn light at Hotel Circle South turning [...]
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 [...]
Thomas Bahde | December 11, 2009
It has been more than a month since a marked SDPD cruiser struck and killed avid bicyclist Walter Freeman in University City. No information has been forthcoming from the SDPD regarding the results of their investigation, which they initially promised would be completed and released within a week of the incident. Below is the e-mail [...]
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 upzone which [...]
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 anticipates [...]
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, with [...]
