News, Links, and Other Views
City of San Diego
- Golden Hill residents asked for a continuous bike and pedestrian path in Balboa Park as part of a proposed $11.7 million project to build a new golf clubhouse.
San Diego Region
- A report from the Urban Land Institute’s September breakfast meeting discussing transportation oriented development (subscription required).
- SANDAG’s Rideshare 2013 Corporate Challenge is open for registration.
- The County Sheriff’s Department clarifies its understanding of the law regarding cycling and sharrows.
Elsewhere
- The Los Angeles Times wonders what can be done about freeway pollution.
- Denver is taking steps to implement protected bike lanes.
- A discussion in Atlanta about the positive effects of bikes on business and the need for respect between motorists and cyclists.
- The New York City Transportation Department has found that average traffic speed has increased, despite additions of bike lanes and pedestrian zones.
- Streets where parking is already scarce, may be the best places to replace automobile parking with bicycle parking.