Bike San Diego

News from the National Bike Summit

Sam Ollinger — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:46:40 PST

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 [...]

The sad state of Kearny Villa Road

Sam Ollinger — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:48:05 PST

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 [...]

Bicycling and Walking Benchmarking Report Released

Thomas Bahde — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:53:05 PST

Edit: Nothing wrong with a little redundancy, right? Although it seems I’m a little behind with this, I’ll still be posting tidbits for your perusal. Ah, the joys of multi-authored blogs! The folks at the Alliance for Biking and Walking (formerly the Thunderhead Alliance) have just recently released their 2010 benchmarking report. We have our copy [...]

Safety for All Road Users

Thomas Bahde — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:53:31 PST

by Larry Hogue Larry Hogue is a writer. He lives in San Diego. Imagine you’re standing at the corner of Governor Drive, waiting to cross Genesee Avenue. You’re waiting, and waiting, and waiting, as traffic rushes by at 45-50 miles an hour. When you get your walk signal, you have to wait as two or three of [...]

The San Diego Custom Bicycle Show

Sam Ollinger — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:45:17 PST

The San Diego Custom Bicycle Show is around the corner. The event will be held April 9th, 10th & 11th, 2010 at 500 Hotel Circle North at the Town and Country Resort and Convention Center in the “Golden Pacific Ballroom.” For more details and information on registering for the show, please visit the website.

Reader’s letter to the City of Oceanside Regarding Damaged Bike Lanes

Sam Ollinger — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:57:12 PST

Bike San Diego reader, Andrew Parish, wrote letting us know of his efforts to get the city of Oceanside to place signage alerting motorists to the presence of bicyclists who would be riding the lane on Oceanside Boulevard while the bike lanes get resurfaced. A copy of his letter (dated February 25, 2010) and the [...]

Hello Again

Thomas Bahde — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:51:08 PST

You have probably noticed, loyal readers, that BikeSD has been off the air for a little while, or at least that new posts have slowed down. Those of us who contribute to, edit, and administer the site are not full-time advocates in the traditional sense. We all have other things we do. What unites us [...]

SDBikeCommuter: Julian Ride May 1st – 2nd, 2010

Njord Noatun — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:47:41 PST

The members over at SDBikeCommuter will be riding round trip to Julian on May 1-2: 65 miles each day, 5000′ elevation differential. One overnight at William Heise County Park. Camp site reservations have been made – all you need to do is to pack up and go! In preparation for this weekend tour to Julian, three [...]

San Diego’s Bicycle Master Plan

Sam Ollinger — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:26:03 PST

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 [...]

Uptown Partnership Meeting on February 23

Sam Ollinger — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:39:59 PST

The Uptown Partnership will be hosting a meeting and is looking for community input from residents at Bankers Hill-Park West neighborhoods on how to “increase parking opportunities, calm traffic, reduce congestion, promote walking and biking, increase pedestrian safety.” The meeting is scheduled to be held on February 23, 2010 from 6 PM – 7:15 PM [...]