Sam Ollinger | March 10, 2010
Google Announces ‘Bike There’ Directions – Yesterday at the ongoing National Bike Summit, Google announced that biking directions would be added to their maps. This is exciting news and I did some test runs and was pleased that the elevation was taken into consideration when routing around San Diego’s various canyons.
Call your Congressperson and ask [...]
Sam Ollinger | March 9, 2010
Recently, the Union Tribune reported on how dangerous the conditions are on Kearny Villa Road for cyclists. This is not news. In 2001, Larry Mahr was a victim of a fatal collision and, in 2005, Captain Patrick M. Klokow was fatally struck – a victim of a hit and run – all on Kearny Villa [...]
Sam Ollinger | February 23, 2010
The City of San Diego is continuing work on its Bicycle Master Plan. With the aid of nationally recognized Alta Planning & Design, the city has come up with a list of top 40 projects [pdf link] and is now soliciting the cycling community’s input and suggestions. Kathy Keehan, Executive Director of the San Diego [...]
Sam Ollinger | February 16, 2010
Last week I had written about how pitiful San Diego’s bicycle population was at 0.9%.
Local business owner Jay Porter left a comment with suggestions he thought would increase the San Diego bicycle population to 20% in one year with no cost to the city, if they implemented the following policies:
1) Assess a “road services impact [...]
Sam Ollinger | February 10, 2010
The Alliance for Biking and Walking recently released a 2010 Benchmarking Report in order to measure the progress of efforts on bicycling and walking in the U.S. The overall conclusion of the report is that bicyclists and pedestrians receive a pitiful share (1.2%) of transportation dollars and yet, are at a much larger risk on [...]
Sam Ollinger | February 8, 2010
We’ve just received a tip that earlier this evening a cyclist was hit on Catalina Boulevard at the intersection of Orchard Avenue in Point Loma.
Below is the entire message that was sent to us. We have no word on who the cyclist was or any further details. We will keep you informed as we learn [...]
Sam Ollinger | February 4, 2010
Thanks to San Diego Coalition Executive Director, Kathy Keehan, for alerting us to good article in SignOnSanDiego regarding making Balboa Park Plaza a car-free zone in time for the 2015 Centennial Celebration, celebrating the Panama California Exposition.
Tonight at 6 PM there is a Balboa Park Committee meeting in the Santa Fe Room of the Balboa [...]
biccontrol | January 26, 2010
Last Thursday, January 21, the California Traffic Control Devices Committee (CTCDC) met at the Caltrans office in Old Town to make decisions that would effect the well-being of road users throughout California. There were four main issues at hand affecting bicyclists
(1) Bicyclist representation on CTCDC
(2) A proposal to remove bike signal detection and signal timing [...]
Sam Ollinger | January 18, 2010
Here are some stories and links that caught my eye lately:
Matt Wright contacted us wanting to let our readers know about the launch of The Mappy Thing. The site is designed to help newcomers and travelers who might visiting San Diego for a few days, or locals who are new to cycling to help them [...]
Thomas Bahde | January 16, 2010
In his State of the City speech on Wednesday, Mayor Jerry Sanders revealed his strong support for a plan that would take the cars and parking spaces out of Balboa Park’s central plaza. Sanders said of the plaza:
It was built for the 1915 Exposition as a grand ceremonial plaza for the public. Over time it was [...]
