Tag: Cyclists
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Class Aims To Keep City Heights Bike Riders Safe On Dangerous Streets
The monthly course at the YMCA location near City Heights provides instruction in a classroom and on the road.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Creating Bike Safety in a City Built for Cars
The death of a cyclist on Montezuma Road near San Diego State last month has rallied San Diego’s bike community to protest the dangers of taking to the road. KPBS reporter Tom Fudge tells us what it would take to make our streets safe for bikes, even though they were built for cars. Five years…