We're Partnering with Bike Streets to Map San Diego's Low-Stress Bike Routes
The San Diego County Bike Coalition has partnered with Bike Streets, a crowdsourced, low-stress bike routing platform built by and for people who ride bikes for transportation.
Here's the problem we're solving: San Diego doesn't have enough ride data yet for a map like this to actually be useful. A low-stress bike network is only as good as the routes riders have logged on it, and right now, we don't have enough. That's where you come in.
Over 500 Denver riders log routes weekly to keep this map accurate. That's the goal for San Diego.
Bike Streets started in Denver and has since partnered with advocacy organizations across the country to build community-driven maps that help people ride comfortably to everyday destinations. The platform runs on local knowledge: riders sharing the streets, paths, shortcuts, and connections they actually use. That knowledge becomes a low-stress bike network that helps new and experienced riders navigate their communities with confidence. Denver's map didn't start rich with detail either. It got there because riders logged their routes, one ride at a time.
This partnership lines up with what we believe: anyone should be able to ride a bike to any destination. Helping build San Diego's map does two things at once. It makes cycling more accessible right now, and it generates data we can use in our advocacy, identifying network gaps, barriers, and opportunities for improvement.
Want to see what's possible once a map has real data behind it? Check out the current Denver map. That's the goal for San Diego, and we can't get there without riders logging routes.
Call to Action: Get the App, Ride Your Favorite Route
Our goal is to get 20 weekly riders contributing to the San Diego map. All you have to do is download the app and log a route you already ride. Beyond that, participation is flexible: share route knowledge, make edits, verify what's already logged, or explore your neighborhood by bike and add what you find.
Every route logged gets San Diego closer to a map that's actually helpful, both for you and the next rider trying to find a comfortable way across town.
Know someone who rides and knows their neighborhood well? Send them this post, or ask us for a flyer to share with your network. Every route logged gets us closer to 20 weekly contributors.
