Tag: Transportation
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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…
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Tweet City Heights: Criminal Charges Unlikely for Drivers Who Hit Cyclists
By Megan Burks Drivers Who Hit Cyclists Unlikely to Face Criminal Charges City Heights resident and bike blogger Sam Ollinger has been tracking the cases of cyclists who were killed or injured by cars in recent months. She wants to know whether the drivers face criminal charges. In San Diego, it seems they rarely do,…
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Filner Wants Students to Ride City Transit for Free
By Kyla Calvert Mayoral candidate and Congressman Bob Filner believes San Diego Unified students should be able to ride the bus or trolley to school for free. He joined other candidates in offering some specifics on what he would do to improve city schools as mayor. A monthly youth pass for San Diego’s buses and trolleys costs $36. That…
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Crossing the Street in City Heights Might As Well Be a Sport
Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Brian Myers Saynab Dahir jokes that she’s become a speedwalker, thanks to the quick signals at many City Heights intersections. But the resident and UC San Diego urban planning student points to a more serious problem for her and her neighbors. Post-war planning in the…
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Making it Easier to Walk and Roll in City Heights
Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Megan Burks Time-lapse: Boundary Street to 54th Street in Three Minutes | Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego Haga click aquí para leerlo la en Español Earlier this month, a group assembled by the City Heights Community Development Corporation’s Built Environment Team…