Thomas Bahde | July 31, 2010
UPDATE: Apologies to Bob Hawkins who wrote this piece, not Schmidt. See Bob’s comment and join the conversation.
The U-T’s transpo blog “The Ride” by columnist Steve Schmidt recommends bike sharing for San Diego, suggesting check-out locations for the cruise ship terminal, Balboa Park, Pacific Beach, Convention Center, Gaslamp, Old Town, and all four major university [...]
Thomas Bahde | July 22, 2010
If you’ve ridden eastbound on University Avenue from Park Boulevard to Boundary Street (or the other way), you know that North Park’s main arteriole is a crowded, auto-centric, and often dangerous stretch of road. It also happens to be one that is used heavily by bicyclists who prefer its slightly gentler hills to those of [...]
Sam Ollinger | May 31, 2010
Last week SignOnSanDiego.com posted a story on increasing the number of freeway lanes on the I-5 by four. District 3 Council member, Todd Gloria, immediately responded to the story by stating,
Six additional freeway lanes? No thanks. I’d prefer the money be used to extend Trolley service and build more bike lanes. Much smarter ways to [...]
Thomas Bahde | April 14, 2010
My wife and I have a policy about not reading the comments on Internet news stories. This might sound a little strange coming from the co-editor of a blog, but I think most of our readers will agree that the comments section of any online news source does tend to, at the very least, raise [...]
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 [...]
Thomas Bahde | February 12, 2010
So yeah, I got hit by a car last night. It wasn’t serious, I wasn’t hurt, and I don’t think there was any serious damage to my bike (30 lbs. of British steel, they don’t build ‘em like they used to). I was crossing a quiet residential intersection two blocks from my house, on the [...]
Sam Ollinger | January 30, 2010
Here are BikeSD.org, we want to be a resource for all cyclists in the San Diego region. We want to be the place that all cyclists can visit and contribute to the discussion. There is no central resource that focuses on cyclists in the San Diego region. As such, Bike San Diego strives to be [...]
Thomas Bahde | December 11, 2009
I recently went shopping for new front and rear bicycle lights so that my wife and I could both be fully lighted for Saturday’s Tweed Ride. Because I ride relatively short distances at night, and don’t do it that often, I primarily need my lights to be seen, rather than to see where I’m going.
Looking [...]
Thomas Bahde | October 29, 2009
I posted last month about Keegan Kyle’s (Voice of San Diego) apparently negative impressions of the Critical Mass ride he went on. Some readers didn’t find Kyle’s take negative, others did. Well, Kyle is at it again, with a short bit about this month’s upcoming ride. The headline and teaser this morning on the “This [...]
Thomas Bahde | September 18, 2009
Rudeness has been in the news a lot this week. Congressman Joe Wilson yelled at the president, Kanye West was, well, Kanye West at the MTV Video Music Awards, and all of it has unleashed the media pundits. Speculation abounds about whether our culture has reached new lows of selfishness and entitlement. Everything from the [...]
