Thomas Bahde | March 4, 2010
by Larry Hogue
Larry Hogue is a writer. He lives in San Diego.
Imagine you’re standing at the corner of Governor Drive, waiting to cross Genesee Avenue. You’re waiting, and waiting, and waiting, as traffic rushes by at 45-50 miles an hour. When you get your walk signal, you have to wait as two or three of [...]
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Sam Ollinger | March 2, 2010
Bike San Diego reader, Andrew Parish, wrote letting us know of his efforts to get the city of Oceanside to place signage alerting motorists to the presence of bicyclists who would be riding the lane on Oceanside Boulevard while the bike lanes get resurfaced. A copy of his letter (dated February 25, 2010) and the [...]
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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 [...]
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Sam Ollinger | February 15, 2010
Jonathan sent us a link to his Picasa album containing pictures taken during last weekend’s Mid-City Bike Blast.
Click here to see the pictures of a ride celebrating the Chinese New Year.
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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 [...]
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Sam Ollinger | December 15, 2009
The post below originally appeared on Andrew Woolley’s blog. Andrew lives, works and rides in San Diego, CA.
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In March 2009 I was cited for violating CVC 21202(a). The Police Officer understood that code as mandating that bicycles always operate as far to the right as possible. You can read the Court Transcripts, My Appellant’s [...]
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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 [...]
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Thomas Bahde | November 24, 2009
Once again, I’m late in getting this post up. This fall has been a busy one, and with the holidays approaching, promises to be busier still. The blogs have been pretty quiet, too, but just in case you have a spare moment, here’s the best of what our local bloggers have been writing.
Farewell to My [...]
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Thomas Bahde | November 13, 2009
Special Double Edition! Yes, I missed last week, so it’s a double-dose of bike bloggerin’ this week. Get out your reading glasses, Martha:
Bike by the Sea got a new bike, considered the future of “cycle chic” and announced the first Red Carpet Ride (and made the news). Busy lady!
Brown Girl in the Lane saw an [...]
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Thomas Bahde | October 31, 2009
Uh, is it too soon to claim that the time change threw me off and that’s why I’m late getting this week’s roundup posted? Or am I early? You decide.
Anyhoo, this week:
Farewell to My Car learned a few things, and looked like a total dork.
Power 2 Pedal must be a San Diego or SoCal native, [...]
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