Category: Land Use
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‘Give Teens More Places to Go’: Photos
By Jena Olson As part of the Speak City Heights collaborative, City Heights youth continue to explore their environment through The AjA Project’s PhotoCity classes at local schools. PhotoCity uses photography programming to help youth understand how issues in their community impact them and advocate for change. At Crawford High School, students are focusing their…
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SD Unified Approves Free Bus Passes for Low-Income Students
Alfredo Mendez, 18, says buying a monthly bus pass to get to school and internships is a heavy burden for his mom, a single parent who makes minimum wage. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks “SD Unified Approves Free Bus Passes Program,” Aired April 10 on KPBS News [audio:http://speakcityheights.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/FREEBUS1-meb.mp3] City Heights youths chanted…
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City Takes Steps Toward Sidewalk Study
By Liam Dillon One big reason San Diego can’t solve its busted sidewalks problem: It doesn’t know how bad they are. The city has never done a comprehensive review of its 5,000 miles of sidewalks. That might change soon. City Councilman Mark Kersey, who heads the council’s infrastructure committee, is pushing for a formal evaluation…
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Centerline Project Lurches Forward
City Heights resident Maria Cortez discusses her nearly three-decade wait for a bus route called Centerline at a 2011 press conference. Residents have fought for the long-delayed transit project since the 1980’s, when it was promised to them in exchange for allowing CalTrans to extend Interstate-15 through their neighborhood. | Photo Credit: Randy Van Vleck…
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Filner Gearing Up for More Bikes with CicloSDias Event
Los Angeles hosts community bike rides modeled after Bogoto, Colombia’s ciclovia events. Now San Diego is following their lead. | Photo Courtesy of Flickr By Lisa Halverstadt Mayor Bob Filner wants to make San Diego the bicycling capital of the nation but he admits he’ll need to sell the idea to most residents first. That’s…