Will (Rider/Writer at Large) | December 6, 2010
I have an unnatural love of bike lanes of late. For most of my adult life, and a significant portion of teen years, a bike lane was a symbol of a frivolous structure. Structure where structure was not needed. Placement, where socially, I did not need to be placed. This was a perhaps an immature [...]
Sam Ollinger | November 3, 2010
The staff at San Diego’s regional planning agency, SANDAG, yesterday recommended that the agency allocate $2.6 billion toward bicycle and pedestrian programs during the course of the next 40 years. At the Committee on Binational Regional Opportunities meeting held yesterday, the 2050 Regional Transportation Plan was on the agenda where the SANDAG staff recommended that [...]
Sam Ollinger | July 21, 2010
San Diego City’s most bicycle friendly city Councilmember, Todd Gloria of District Three, has agreed to join the SDBikeCommuter members for a Downtownies bicycle ride through his district this Sunday, July, 25th. He will be joined by Anthony Bernal, District 3 Council Representative. To date, Gloria has kept his campaign promise to be the most [...]
Sam Ollinger | December 3, 2009
http://velocult.com/ Sky Boyer, the owner of Velo Cult, is a visionary in San Diego when it comes to the growing bicycle scene. His bicycle store specializes in steel bikes and ensuring that every rider gets the right bike for themselves. BikeSD had the opportunity to ask Sky a few questions about him self, his philosophy [...]
Thomas Bahde | November 3, 2009
At SDNN today, Brian Peterson, president of the Grantville Action Group, makes a plea to retain one of Birdland/Grantville’s few bicycle lanes, pointing out that a proposed plan to remove the lane flies in the face of the city’s alleged determination to support bicycle infrastructure. [I]t is important to make bicycling easier, not harder. Yet, [...]
Sam Ollinger | October 20, 2009
Kathy Keehan, the executive director for the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition, is urging all bicyclists in San Diego County to attend the road standard hearing this Friday, October 23rd or at the very least offer comments (see the last paragraph of this post). The hearing will be held at: The DPLU Hearing Room, 5201 [...]
Sam Ollinger | September 24, 2009
The League of American Bicyclists issued a study listing the numerous benefits gained by the bicycle industry. Key points taken directly from the study are: Today the national bicycling industry contributes an estimated $133 billion a year to the U.S. economy. Bike lanes can accommodate 7 to 12 times as many people per meter of [...]
Sam Ollinger | September 21, 2009
You may have noticed the link to Ride the City on our side bar. But what is Ride the City? Ride the city is a “website that helps you find the safest bike routes in cities. Like MapQuest, Google Maps, and other mapping applications, Ride the City finds the shortest distance between two points, with [...]
Sam Ollinger | September 15, 2009
From the Rails-to-Trails Conservacy: On Tuesday, September 15, Senators John McCain (Ariz.) and Tom Coburn (Okla.) issued two amendments to the FY10 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development appropriations bill. If passed, these amendments would eliminate the majority of available federal funds for trails, walking and bicycling. Amendment 2370 would prohibit the use of federal funds [...]
Thomas Bahde | September 14, 2009
On a sunny Saturday morning, the City Heights Farmer’s Market is bustling with activity. If not one of the largest farmer’s markets in San Diego, it is probably one of the most utilized and most appreciated by the neighborhood’s residents. At one corner of the market, every Saturday morning, San Diego’s only bike kitchen, Bikes [...]
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