We are actively working on bicycle projects throughout San Diego County. View our important action alerts and priority campaigns below. We are looking for advocates to help get these projects built.
Recent Advocacy News
Tell Carlsbad to Encourage Safe Cycling!
On August 23rd, the City of Carlsbad declared a local state of emergency around bike safety in response to the killings of two bicyclists on city streets within one week. This will allow the city manager to immediately begin reallocating city resources to help save lives. After two years in which bike-involved crashes increased by over 100% in Carlsbad, we
Sign our Open Letter to the Cities of San Diego County: Four cyclists were killed last week. We need bike safety improvements now.
From Sunday, August 7th to Monday, August 14th, four people were killed while using bicycles in San Diego County. Alongside BikeSD, Circulate San Diego, SD350, the Climate Action Campaign, and others, we’re sending an open letter to SANDAG and the cities of Carlsbad, National City, and Escondido demanding rapid safety improvements to the streets where these crashes occurred and a
Three Bicyclists Killed this Week
We are devastated to announce that three people have been killed while using their bikes in San Diego County within the last week. All of these are unimaginable tragedies, and our hearts go out to the loved ones of both victims. At 5:45 PM on Sunday, August 7th, Christine Hawk Embree was riding her E-Bike in Carlsbad with her 16
Current Campaigns
Lomas Santa Fe Corridor Improvement Project
The project study area for the Lomas Santa Fe Drive Feasibility Study extends from Sierra Avenue on the west side of Highway 101 (where the roadway is called Plaza Street) to Highland Drive at the City’s eastern boundary. Click below for more information.
History of 30th Street Bikeway!
Find out the history of how the 30th street bike way proposals began. Click below to learn more.
SR 15 Bikeway
There are two bikeways constructed along state route 15 between Camino Del Rio South and Landis Street. The name of these two bikeways are the SR 15 Commuter Bikeway and the SR 15 Central Avenue Bikeway.
Uptown Bikeways
These bike ways will provide on-street bike connections from Old Town and Mission Valley through Uptown to Downtown, North Park, and Balboa Park.
Downtown Mobility Plan
The Downtown Mobility Plan is a vision for Downtown San Diego that was passed in June 2016. This plan aims to accommodate all modes of travel, as city planners many years ago designed downtown’s streets with travel lanes only for cars and sidewalks only for pedestrians — leaving bicycles out of the equation.
Regional Bike Plan Early Action Program
A $200 million initiative to expand the bike network countywide and finish high-priority projects within a decade. SANDAG Board of Directors approved this on September 27, 2013.
Riding to 2050, the San Diego Regional Bike Plan
The Regional Bike Plan was adopted to provide a regional strategy to make riding a bike a useful form of transportation for everyday travel. The Regional Bike Plan supports the call for more transportation choices and a balanced regional transportation system that supports smart growth and a more sustainable region.
Bayshore Bikeway Barrio Logan Segment
This project will close a major gap in the Bayshore Bikeway with a Class 1 connection to downtown San Diego and the Bayfront promenade to the convention center.
Inland Rail Trail
A 21-mile Class I bike path located within the Cities of Oceanside, Vista, San Marcos, and Escondido, and the County of San Diego.
Coastal Rail Trail
The Coastal Rail Trail is a planned continuous bike route that runs approximately 44 miles between Oceanside and Santa Fe Depot in Downtown San Diego. The Coastal Rail Trail was initially planned in the mid-1990s, and is being constructed in segments by SANDAG and the various cities it traverses. The Rose Creek and Encinitas segments are the high priority projects identified in the San Diego Regional Bike Plan to be funded for implementation.
North Park/Mid-City Bikeway
This project will make it safer and easier for people of all ages and abilities to navigate through North Park/Mid-City communities via 13 miles of bike boulevards and protected bikeways.
Border to Bayshore Bikeway
The Border to Bayshore Bikeway is an approximately 8.5-mile route that will provide safe biking connections within and between Imperial Beach, the San Ysidro community of San Diego, and the world’s busiest land border crossing at the San Ysidro Port of Entry.
San Diego River Trail
SANDAG is leading the effort to complete this trail from the ocean east through Santee. Current projects include the QUALCOMM Stadium Segment and the Carlton Oaks Golf Course Segment.
Pershing Bikeway
This is a 2.6 mile bikeway that will provide a crucial north to south connectivity between North Park and Downtown.
Regional Bike Walk Alliance
The Regional Bike Walk Alliance was created by the Bike Coalition in partnership with Circulate San Diego.The Alliance brings together local community leaders and bicycle and pedestrian advocates to develop strategies to support the implementation of the San Diego Regional Bike Plan which will ultimately get more San Diegans riding, encourage healthy and active lifestyles and be a leading example of how local advocacy can influence regional growth policies.
The Bike Coalition supports these local groups by providing them with resources, membership and guidance with their advocacy and education efforts. There are currently 9 cities in the county that have a Bike Walk group affiliated with the Alliance.
Bike Coalition members can now opt to join a local Bike Walk advocacy group when they become a member of the Bike Coalition – join today – it’s free!
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Tools for Advocates
- Facility Design: What's Possible
- Facility Resource List
- Funding Bicycle Projects- People for Bikes Grant Opportunities
- Funding Bicycle Projects- Where the Money Comes From Federal/State/Local
- Guide to Bicycle Safety- CA CVC 21202
- Guide to Bicycle Safety- US Department of Transportation
- Guide to Bicycle Safety- California Bicycle Laws
- Legislation
