Recent Streetsblog USA posts about San Diego

San Diego Makes “Modest But Real” Gains on Vision Zero

By Damien Newton | May 12, 2021 | No Comments

In 2020, the pandemic resulted in a steep decline in pedestrian and bicycle fatalities and serious injuries in San Diego. Despite the decline in severe injuries and fatalities, harm to bicyclists and pedestrians remained high, with 27 bicycle and pedestrian fatalities and 58 serious injuries.

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Transit Remains Essential for Essential Workers

By Melanie Curry | Apr 23, 2020 | No Comments

Circulate San Diego used census data to determine that many of the people still riding transit are going to and from jobs deemed "essential" under stay-at-home rules

Cities are struggling to regulate electric bikes and scooters forcing some companies to remove them from city streets.

Uber Slams Brakes on Bike Share Expansion

By Aaron Short | Sep 16, 2019 | 3 Comments

Uber is removing its fleet of electric bikes from Atlanta and San Diego this month as the company struggled with increased regulations on transportation devices in urban areas and staggering losses.

San Diego Parking Craters Could House 8,000 Families Near Light Rail Stations

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 27, 2018 | 14 Comments

San Diego's transit agency has been reluctant to redevelop parking lots on land it controls near stations. It's time for a change, says Circulate San Diego.

How San Diego Planners Spun the Press to Sell Highway Expansions

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 11, 2016 | 9 Comments

How far will transportation agencies go to spin public perception of their highway expansion plans? San Diego’s KPBS has produced a brilliant case study in this video and the accompanying report — a deep dive into the media operation mounted by the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) to defend its slate of highway expansion projects. In late 2011, SANDAG passed […]

San Diego Could Build a Connected Protected Bike Lane Network All at Once

By Michael Andersen | Feb 23, 2016 | 3 Comments

Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. It looks like one of the most exciting bike infrastructure trends of the last few years — going big — could be coming to San Diego. As reported Monday by Next City, […]

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