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We believe bicycling is a healthy, affordable, and environmentally friendly form of transportation and recreation that should be safe and attractive to everyone who wants to ride, wherever their destination and whatever their purpose. Bicycling is good for our communities and for the people who ride, and so we work to increase the number of people who ride bikes as a regular part of their lives.
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JOIN THE PARTY RIDE TO THE VELODROME!
Join us Tuesday, April 4th for a group party ride to the San Diego Velodrome for opening night at the track! We are meeting up at 5:00pm and planning on rolling out by 5:30pm. This is a mellow party-paced ride with one hill in the middle of the route. We will regroup in a few sections for those who need a break. Make sure to bring your lights, a snack, and some warm clothes because it get cold!
Questions? Feel free to message us!
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We're taking over the 15 Freeway! 🚴 🛣 🎉
We teamed up with @caltrans to host a community group ride on the 15 Freeway while it's shut down for maintenance. Join us on March 25th at 10am at Dennis Allen Park for the group ride. You're more than welcome to ride before or after so take advantage of this opportunity!
Swipe the photo to check out other activities happening that day!
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Fun Fact: Do you know this photo? It's actually the 805 Freeway! Once Caltrans completed San Diego's 805 viaduct in Mission Valley, they opened the freeway up to cyclists to try it out before cars. ... See MoreSee Less
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And I am out of town. Ride carefully.
Why are all the things on that day?! I’m already teaching City Cycling!
Bella Sol Cruz Bleza
how long will the freeway stretch be open?
🚨 ADVOCACY UPDATE!! 🚨
Since the last hearing was postponed, please join us to support @SDSafeStreets and @keenan_bike at the new hearing date!
DETAILS:
Monday, March 20th at 1:30 pm
Central Superior Court
1100 Union St.
Dept 202 (2nd Floor up the escalator when you come into the courthouse.)
San Diego, CA 92101
Questions? Feel free to DM us!
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In September 2021 I was hit by a shuttle bus on Harbor Island while I was in the crosswalk. We had both stopped and when I started rolling into the crosswalk the driver started moving at the same time. I was lucky I guess. I don't know if he heard me screaming or he heard the bus hitting my bike and dragging me between 5 to 10 feet. My bike was totaled and I had some minor injuries. I was pinned under the bus with my left leg pinned between the bus and the bike until the fire dept got there to cut my bike in two so be pulled out from under the bus. The property damage was about what I paid for the bike in 2010 but so far the insurance company feels that my near death experience is only worth $11,000. I guess they have never had the experience of having a bus coming at them while on a bike. I could add that I have been riding for over 40 years and this was a first and I have ridden through this intersection hundreds and hundreds of times without incident. I can't imagine what myu family would still be going through had I been killed and to find out that the driver was only going to be locked up for only 4 days. All the bike lanes in the world won't make up for all the bad drivers who don't have a clue how to drive when there are bike riders sharing the road with them whether they are a experienced rider like myself or a child. The law needs to be enforced and the penalties need to be more severe so that drivers might start getting the hint to drive safely.
How's vehicular manslaughter only carries 4 days of jail and 3 years license suspension???
Unsafe street designs have life-and-death consequences.
We're launching a campaign with @SDSafeStreets to hang posters at all of the places where cyclists and pedestrians were killed in @CityofSanDiego from 2014-2021. We need to see where our streets kill. The posters will link viewers to a page where they will be able to easily email @MayorToddGloria and @SDCityCouncilasking for more #VisionZero funding.
Join us at 9am on Saturday, March 18th to hang them around the City!
Event Link: https://sdbikecoalition.org/event/…
We'll also be hanging individualized posters for the loved ones of @SDSafeStreets members. If you have lost a loved one to a traffic crash in San Diego, fill out the form online and we'll print out a poster that you can hang to commemorate their life.
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While it's not bicycle related, although kind of is, I've contacted the city several times about the danger the ramp connecting northbound Nimitz with eastbound West Point Loma poses to pedestrians. Someone IS going to get killed! I requested several times to have the ramp closed! Drivers could a lot more safely make a right turn at the light. Cars are flying down the ramp, disobeying the posted signs in many cases are so focused on merging onto West Point Loma that their head is turned all the way around not even noticing pedestrians trying to or crossing the crosswalk. I personally been almost hit there several times. Here's the news story ABC 8News - WRIC aired a while back! youtu.be/01gVlBQ7QF0
youtu.be/bkmYP8CAfWE
youtu.be/Ka-BtsQak1Y
Green Team San Diego is taking on the Green Fondo SoCal this weekend!
Currently there are five Green Team San Diego team members - Jesse Clark, Nicole Burgess, Elizabeth Bowersox, Rosalind Haselbeck, and Andrew Bartfeld. Nicole and Rosalind have ridden the Climate Ride event before, for everyone, this is the first Climate Ride fundraising ride event! New team members are always welcome, for this ride and future rides so make sure to add it to your calendar next year.
HELP US FUNDRAISE! We reached our initial team goal of $5000 and we have now increased it to $20,000! We are allowed to fundraise for some time after the event so it's not too late. As a team, we are currently ranked third for this event's fundraising so your help can get us to the top!
SUPPORT THE TEAM! Donate here: https://support.climateride.org/index.cfm/…
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Some of my Cycling Friends are going too.
And the #pedalahead501c3 fiasco e-Bike org is where? AWOL as usual ... Bike San Diego