Tag: Bikes

  • Tweet City Heights: Back of the Visa Line

    By Megan Burks Checking in on The Stumblr Voice of San Diego continues to document San Diego’s crumbling sidewalks on its photo blog, The Stumblr. This week, Voice mapped the reader-submitted photos, which are clustered throughout mid-city San Diego. A significant number were taken in City Heights’ Corridor neighborhood. View Mapping The Stumblr in a…

  • Tweet City Heights: County Collecting Data on Bicyclists

    By Megan Burks County Health Counting Bike Trips The San Diego County Health Department has installed 28 electronic sensors that count bicyclists and monitor their habits – for example, whether they use routes for pleasure on weekends or commuting on weekdays. The data could help inform regional transportation planners as they update and expand bike…

  • Tweet City Heights: Treating Uninsured Immigrants After Healthcare Reform

    By Megan Burks Treating Uninsured Immigrants After Healthcare Reform The Affrodable Care Act will not extend public health insurance to undocumented immigrants or legal residents who have lived in the United States for less than five years. Such individuals also won’t be able to purchase private insurance plans through state insurance exchanges. Young immigrants with…

  • San Diego Residents Most Likely to Bike Have Fewer Bike Lanes

    Randy Van Vleck, the active transportation manager for for the City Heights Community Development Corporation, talks with Media Arts Center Teen Producers about the need for safe streets in City Heights. By Manny Jimenez, Oscar Perez, Trevor Seines, Beckett Browning, Eliana Weinthal, John Fields, Alex Angleman and Tia Hill The City Heights Community Development Corporation…

  • Tweet City Heights: City Responds to Fatal Accident With Improved Bike Lane

    By Megan Burks City Responds to Fatal Accident With Improved Bike Lane A neon-green bike lane went in on Montezuma Road this month in response to a fatal bike accident in April, KPBS reported. Charles Raymond Gilbreth died after being struck by a car on the fast-moving thoroughfare near San Diego State University. The new…