Sam Ollinger | March 28, 2010
Our friends up in Oceanside have some good news in that the San Luis Rey River Trail has been extended an additional three miles. There is going to be a ribbon cutting ceremony and bike ride on March 31st starting at 9 AM at the Oceanside City Hall (flyer)
Sam Ollinger | March 23, 2010
As you may have garnered, 2010 is shaping up to be an excellent year already for bicyclists. It is hard not to get excited about what is transpiring to be a year of the bicycle. Here in San Diego the Draft San Diego Regional Bicycle Plan is now available for public review and comment.
Public [...]
Sam Ollinger | March 22, 2010
Below are some stories that you may find interesting:
This Wednesday, residents and community leaders are waiting to hear your thoughts on the University Avenue Mobility Study. The meeting will be held at 4044 Idaho Street from 6-8pm. This meeting will be a chance for you to voice your thoughts on making University Avenue more bicycle [...]
Sam Ollinger | March 18, 2010
At last week’s National Bike Summit, the Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood made news by enthusiastically offering support toward multi-modal transportation systems.
A few days after his impromptu table-top speech, LaHood presented a new federal policy standard on what agencies large and small ought to do to integrate all forms of transportation together in future projects. [...]
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 [...]
