Sam Ollinger | January 25, 2012
When the Occupy Wall Street movement began last year, mainstream media reports on it varied from utter confusion to mockery. But it sparked something and pretty soon Occupiers around the country began Occupying a spot in their jurisdiction to bring attention to a variety of complaints and grievances. We have our own Occupy San Diego [...]
Sam Ollinger | October 24, 2011
Last Monday, local advocates and activists in San Diego held a press conference rejecting SANDAG’s 2050 Regional Transportation Plan. The press conference was held at the El Cajon Transit Plaza that was built over I-15. This is the transit plaza that sits mostly empty on most days. It was built as part of an (now [...]
Sam Ollinger | October 13, 2011
Sustainable San Diego Press Conference to Reject SANDAG Transportation Plan When: Monday Oct 17, 2011 Time: 9:00AM Where: Boulevard Transit Plaza, I-15 and El Cajon Boulevard, City Heights This coming Monday, October 17, Representatives from Sustainable San Diego and residents from San Diego’s many communities will voice their concerns and speak out against the flaws [...]
Sam Ollinger | October 6, 2011
Two years ago a Voice of San Diego reporter, Keegan Kyle, revealed both his disdain for cyclists and his bias as a reporter when he made some not so subtle digs at critical mass and, thus, at cyclists. Now with all eyes on San Diego as SANDAG scrambles to revamp their 2050 Regional Transportation Plan, [...]
Sam Ollinger | October 4, 2011
In one of many follow-ups to the article on what the state attorney general’s rejection of SANDAG’s 2050 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) means, today I will address the region’s transportation budget. Last month the state attorney general issued a strongly worded letter rejecting SANDAG’s 2050 RTP. One of the first points of criticism was that [...]
Sam Ollinger | September 23, 2011
The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) has announced an opening for two Active Transportation Planners. SANDAG is the region’s primary public planning, transportation, and research agency. The job description is available at the SANDAG’s website. Applications should be received by October 7th. The Active Transportation Planner’s specific duties and responsibilities include: Improving Active Transportation [...]
Sam Ollinger | September 22, 2011
Last Friday, the State’s Attorney General, Kamala Harris, rejected SANDAG’s 2050 Regional Transportation Plan for being far too inadequate in meeting the requirements set in the State’s Senate Bill 375 [pdf link]. This bill was signed into law in 2008 and was heralded as being one of the most important pieces of land use legislation [...]
Sam Ollinger | July 19, 2011
If you didn’t hear about it already, our neighbors up north were busy this weekend. They showed the world that the bicycle was speedier than an airplane. Wolfpack Hustle, an urban cycling group, decided to prove how feasible it was to ride 40 miles from Burbank to Long Beach and beat the airline that was [...]
Sam Ollinger | April 24, 2011
The Board of Directors at the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) released the 2050 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) last Friday. The document is available at SANDAG’s website. Public hearings and workshops are scheduled to be held in June. In conjunction with the RTP’s release, SANDAG also prepared a video to inform the public about [...]
Sam Ollinger | December 27, 2010
A few weeks ago, two students from the University of Copenhagen made their way over to San Diego to study the city’s bicycle culture. These women, Sidsel Birk Hjuler and Anne Grethe Pabst, are working on their Masters degree with the thesis covering what a bicycle culture means and how a city can go about [...]
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