Sam Ollinger | January 13, 2012
I recently had an opportunity to sit down and chat with Alison Whitney who has done some tremendous work on behalf of the San Diego Mountain Biking Association (SDMBA). Whitney talked about what the SDMBA does and how they help maintain some of our open preserves and public parks. The SDMBA will be doing some [...]
Sam Ollinger | December 5, 2011
I recently had the opportunity to talk to the Bike Coordinator at District 11, Seth Cutter. Cutter was gracious to spend a few hours talking to me about what he does and how his role as the District Bike Coordinator helps cyclists in both San Diego and Imperial Counties. Caltrans’ mission is to improve mobility [...]
Sam Ollinger | November 21, 2011
As of November 1st, Thomas Landre has been San Diego’s new Bicycle Coordinator. I first learned about Landre’s new position while celebrating the Eastern Planning Group’s vote last month to make University Avenue east of 54th Street more bicycle friendly. After the meeting, Landre who was the City’s contact person for the Mobility Study, Randolph [...]
Sam Ollinger | October 10, 2011
Back in August the Executive Director for the California Bicycle Coalition, Dave Snyder, visited San Diego to meet with local bike advocates. Snyder is the new Executive Director at the California Bicycle Coalition. With Snyder leading the charge at the state level, advocates around California can expect to see the state’s bicycle coalition move into [...]
Sam Ollinger | September 7, 2011
In late June the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition announced the name of their new Executive Director, Andy Hanshaw. After months of searching, the Bike Coalition had finally found someone capable enough to take on the reins of a position that was built from scratch by the former Executive Director, Kathy Keehan. Keehan held the [...]
Sam Ollinger | August 12, 2011
Penelope Robles, organizer for the Courteous Mass/Critical Manners ride. Photo by Arturo Viazcán Although tonight’s Critical Manners/Courteous Manners ride may seem like the first attempt to create an alternative to the seemingly unstoppable Critical Mass ride, the idea of a Critical Manners ride is as old as San Diego’s Critical Mass ride. Various attempts to [...]
Randy | February 10, 2011
Kathy Keehan—one of the most effective bicycle advocates in the history of San Diego—will be stepping down today from her role as the Executive Director of the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition (SDCBC) which she held for over a decade. Whether directly or indirectly, whether knowingly or unknowingly, bicyclists’ quality of life throughout the region [...]
Sam Ollinger | February 8, 2011
A few weeks ago, the city’s bicycle coordinator, Jim Lundquist, was gracious enough to meet with me to talk about bicycling. Over lunch I got to know a little bit more about the city’s appointed bicycle guru, his background, his motivation, his aspirations and his vision to make San Diego a world class city for [...]
Sam Ollinger | December 11, 2010
Brian Hedden made this fantastic video to show the world what San Diego’s bike kitchen, Bikes del Pueblo is doing for the local community. Bikes Del Pueblo from Brian Hedden on Vimeo. Previously on BikeSD.org: Bikes del Pueblo Keeps Mid-City Rolling
Thomas Bahde | November 9, 2010
Editor’s Note: We at Bike San Diego would like to take this opportunity to once again publicly ask that the San Diego Police Department make the details of this investigation known, or to speak with us concerning the case. We believe the community has a right to know the details of any incident involving a [...]
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