Category: Land Use

  • Parking Lot Turns Into Park for a Day

    City Heights joined communities throughout the world for the annual Park(ing) Day. Participants transform parking lots into community parks for the day to demonstrate the benefits of having more open space in urban neighborhoods. | Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Brian Myers Haga clic aquí para leer en español City…

  • Bike Sharing is Coming to San Diego

    By Andrew Donohue San Diego will join the growing group of urban areas across the country and world with bike-sharing programs by next spring if an ambitious plan by Mayor Jerry Sanders comes to fruition. And his office wants to put a new twist on it. While city officials say their metropolitan predecessors have had…

  • City Heights Looks for a Place to Skate

    Click here to listen to the radio report There’s a broad cement path just outside the fence that surrounds Rosa Parks School in City Heights. About eight teenage skateboarders are doing tricks. One leaps skyward and remounts his board after it flips on the pavement below. This is where you come if you don’t have…

  • Tweet City Heights: Assembly Passes Bill Requiring 3-Foot Buffer for Cyclists

    By Megan Burks Assembly Passes Bill Requiring 3-Foot Buffer for Cyclists The Associated Press reported the California Assembly passed a bill Monday that would require drivers to stay 3 feet from cyclists. Drivers would pay a $35 fine if they encroach on that buffer zone. The bill still must make it past the Senate and…

  • On Opposite Ends of the Boulevard, Businesses Struggle to Boost Foot Traffic

    Community organizers in City Heights have sought sidewalk improvements as a means to improve safety for pedestrians. Now, some are also trying to improve walkability to boost profits for local business owners. Research has shown even relatively quick fixes such as planting trees in empty planter boxes increase what customers are willing to pay by…