The Uptown Bikeways project is one of the first high priority projects identified in the San Diego Regional Bike Plan to be funded. Critical segments are incomplete or broken. BikeSD continues to press for completion of this project as originally envisioned.

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Foto Friday: Uptown Bike Corridor – A Look at the Changes Proposed

The SANDAG Uptown Project consists of three corridors and 12 miles of bike infrastructure that connects the neighborhoods of Bankers Hill, Hillcrest, Mission Hills, and Five Points to Old Town, Mission Valley, North Park, University Heights, Balboa Park and Downtown. The focus is to making bicycling an option for "everyday people" for "everyday…

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What questions should the Uptown community leaders be asking?

The Early Action Bike Projects, of which both the Uptown Bike Corridor and the Mid-City Bike Corridor are a part of, are funded by the half-cent sales tax measure, Transnet, that is managed by our regional planning agency, SANDAG. Transnet dollars represent one of the largest pools of funds in the county, and is not unlike other half-cent sales…

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Uptown Business Owner, Uptown Planning Board Member: Extremely Important for Uptown to be Accessible to Bicycle Riders

Tonight, please attend the Uptown Bike Corridor meeting to speak up in support for cycle tracks/protected bike lanes on University Avenue, Fourth and Fifth Avenues. Details are below: February 6, 2014 6 - 8:30 p.m. Roosevelt Middle School Library 3366 Park Blvd San Diego, 92103 Flier Jake's on 6th Wine Bar. Photo via Facebook. Jennifer Totah who…

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Uptown Bike Corridor: A Critical Juncture for Our City’s Future

If you are a business owner that supports our mission and wants to see our city become a world class city for bicycling, please help us by taking this survey. It will help us evaluate any concerns you have so that we can consider them in our advocacy. Thank you. --- In my previous post for Bike SD, I described the Interim Height Ordinance in…

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Height Restrictions and Bicycles: Uptown is at a Transportation Crossroads

What is the Interim Height Ordinance, and what does it have to do with bicycles? Currently, the Interim Height Ordinance (IHO) limits building heights in Hillcrest and Mission Hills to 65 and 50 feet, respectively. Prior to the IHO, the 1998 Uptown Community Plan allowed building heights up to 200 feet on some streets, and under these guidelines a…

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Tomorrow: SANDAG Transportation Committee to Vote on Early Action Projects

Tomorrow we have the first of two big meeting on our hands. SANDAG's Transportation Committee will vote to approve the SANDAG's staff Early Action Project Program along with Scenario 1 as the preferred implementation option. Scenario 1 allows for $200 million to be used toward the Early Action Projects which include both the Uptown and the…

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Uptown Planners: Determined to prove they are out of touch with the needs of their own community

Uptown Planners is the community group that represents the neighborhoods of Bankers Hill, Hillcrest, Mission Hills and University Heights. They serve in an advisory capacity to the city of San Diego on all land use issues and development projects. In the 1960s and 70s, the city of San Diego adopted policies to establish community planning groups.…

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Tonight: Uptown Planners to Vote on Buffered Bike Lanes on 4th and 5th Avenue, SANDAG to Present Draft Alignments of Uptown Corridor

As Walt Chambers likes to say, San Diego's future is being tried out in Uptown first. Two big projects will be voted on by the Uptown Planners tonight: the SANDAG Uptown alignments, and the city's first road diet which is being proposed for 4th and 5th Avenue (pdf link to agenda). The Uptown Planners meeting starts at 6 pm tonight. Uptown Planners…

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Report on Uptown Regional Bike Corridor: Overwhelming Support for Cycle Tracks on University Avenue

This week is a big week to decide on the preferred corridors for the Uptown Bike Corridor project. See our calendar for details and keep reading. --- Uptown Bike Corridor Meeting Attendees. Photo: Flickr/OperaSmorg Last month, San Diegans crowded into the Santa Fe Room at Balboa Park Club to speak up in favor of dedicated bike facilities along key…

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Uptown Regional Bike Corridor Meeting Today 6pm: Will San Diego Go Big or Fall Flat with University Avenue?

The moment of reckoning is upon us and the decision to support cycletracks along University Avenue will happen later today: June 12, 2013 6 - 8:30 p.m. Santa Fe Room, Balboa Park Club 2144 Pan American Road West San Diego, CA 92101 Earlier this year our city council unanimously committed to prioritizing bicycle infrastructure for public safety…

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