Police Department teams up with Bicycle Coalition for bicycle light giveaway in anticipation of this weekend's Daylight Savings Time Change
What:
The San Diego County Bicycle Coalition and the San Diego Police Department are embracing darkness coming with this weekend's Daylight Savings time change and taking bicycle safety into their own hands.
Before we fall back, the Bicycle Coalition is giving away free sets of front and rear bicycle lights to prepare bicyclists for the upcoming change in hours. Anyone riding by the Police Department Headquarters at this time will receive complimentary lights (while supplies last), important safety information about riding in the dark and other Bicycle Coalition goodies to trick out their bicycle.
Why:
California state law requires bicycles be equipped with very specific lights when riding in darkness, which is defined as a half hour after sunset or a half hour before sunrise.
The Bicycle Coalition knows the safety of our citizens is top priority.
By joining forces with the Police Department together they can uphold cycling laws while also ensuring bicycle commuters are visible and safer on the road without sunlight.
Where:
In front of San Diego Police Department Headquarters: 1401 Broadway, San Diego, 92101
Who:
San Diego Police Department and San Diego County Bicycle Coalition are providing these lights for any and all bicycle commuters.
When:
Public remarks from SDCBC and SDPD: Wednesday, October 30 at 5 PM.
Light giveaway: Wednesday, October 30 from 4-6 PM
Daylight Savings: Sunday, November 3 at 2 AM
Monday, October 28, 2013
Monday, October 7, 2013
Beginning Tonight: Three Mayoral Candidates Talk the Bike, Ride and Walk
Fletcher, Alvarez and
Faulconer each spend one night addressing livable streets and communities in
San Diego
WHAT:
Beginning today, October 7, 2013, our
mayoral candidates tell us where they stand on livable streets and communities
in their campaign for Mayor of San Diego. Nathan Fletcher, David Alvarez and
Kevin Faulconer have each reserved one evening at various local spots to
address the growing momentum for walkable, bikeable neighborhoods.
WHEN: Each candidate will speak on their own
designated day:
· 6 p.m. on Monday, October 7: Nathan Fletcher at Mission Brewery
(1441 L Street)
· 6 p.m. on Wednesday, October 9: David Alvarez at Mission Brewery
· 4 p.m. on Thursday, October 31: Kevin Faulconer at Wine Pub (2907
Shelter Island Drive #108)
WHY:
In the past year, San Diegans have
shown repeatedly that they want a city structure that makes neighborhoods walk
and bike friendly. With the unanimous passing of DECO
Bike Share (to
implement throughout San Diego in 2014), the city’s first ever CicloSDias, a series of Bike
Local Sundays, $200 million passed for SANDAG’s
bicycle projects and
the largest bicycle friendly Business Improvement District in the nation, all eyes are on what
San Diego does next to continue being a leader in open streets and livable
neighborhoods.
The event is free and open to all
community members.
WHO:
· Mayoral candidates Nathan Fletcher, David Alvarez and
Kevin Faulconer
· Livable Streets Coalition: Advocacy groups of the bike, walk and
livable streets communities, including San Diego County Bicycle Coalition and
Walk San Diego.
· Anyone who is passionate about making
San Diego a walkable and bikeable place to live – can
RSVP here
CONTACT:
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SAN DIEGO COUNTY BICYCLE COALITION:
(SDCBC) is a nonprofit organization that advocates for and protects the rights
of all people who ride bicycles. They promote bicycling as a mainstream, safe
and enjoyable form of transportation and recreation. For more information,
go to www.sdcbc.org.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Robert's Mini Bike Book Review: City Cycling, Edited by John Pucher and Ralph Buehler
Review by Robert Leone
Twenty-one contributors combined to create fifteen chapters for this MIT
published 2012 book targeting urban planners who believe bicycles are the new
black. The overall emphasis is on separated bicycle facilities, but there's
other stuff, too. For example, there's a chapter on the “Health Benefits” of
cycling that's clearly based upon studies of folks who've integrated a little
riding here and there into their daily lives, not enthusiast amateur athletes.
A more oblique chapter only a cost accountant would love, “Effective Speed,”
factors the time spent earning vehicle ownership into the question of how fast
one travels. It's an idea whose earliest expression seems to come from Thoreau.
Another surprising chapter focuses on the design of “Bicycle Equipment and Its
Role in Promoting Cycling as a Travel Mode.” Separate chapters address the
distinct concerns of women and children propelling themselves on roads and
paths, safety, and combining bikes and public transportation. Surprise: Most
European transit systems don't allow bikes on board, but have enough station
parking that many people have bikes at both ends of their routine commute! Bike
sharing gets a chapter. Most interesting for advocates are three separate
chapters comparing development of facilities and ride share in small cities
(including California's own Davis), big cities, and “Megacities.” One of the
latter, Tokyo, is not a hotbed of separated facilities or traffic calming
systems simply because surface street speeds are already quite low, but the
more than 800,000 bike parking spots at rail stations attract 37% of the
region's bike rides. City Cycling is a valuable and timely concentration
of the past decade and a half of research on the impact of cycling, cycling
infrastructure, and people who ride bikes. The well-stocked references are
great aids to searching for the original papers and presentations. This book
will date quickly, but for a frozen portrait of the best information and
comparisons available now, I know of none better.
Twenty-one contributors combined to create fifteen chapters for this MIT
published 2012 book targeting urban planners who believe bicycles are the new
black. The overall emphasis is on separated bicycle facilities, but there's
other stuff, too. For example, there's a chapter on the “Health Benefits” of
cycling that's clearly based upon studies of folks who've integrated a little
riding here and there into their daily lives, not enthusiast amateur athletes.
A more oblique chapter only a cost accountant would love, “Effective Speed,”
factors the time spent earning vehicle ownership into the question of how fast
one travels. It's an idea whose earliest expression seems to come from Thoreau.
Another surprising chapter focuses on the design of “Bicycle Equipment and Its
Role in Promoting Cycling as a Travel Mode.” Separate chapters address the
distinct concerns of women and children propelling themselves on roads and
paths, safety, and combining bikes and public transportation. Surprise: Most
European transit systems don't allow bikes on board, but have enough station
parking that many people have bikes at both ends of their routine commute! Bike
sharing gets a chapter. Most interesting for advocates are three separate
chapters comparing development of facilities and ride share in small cities
(including California's own Davis), big cities, and “Megacities.” One of the
latter, Tokyo, is not a hotbed of separated facilities or traffic calming
systems simply because surface street speeds are already quite low, but the
more than 800,000 bike parking spots at rail stations attract 37% of the
region's bike rides. City Cycling is a valuable and timely concentration
of the past decade and a half of research on the impact of cycling, cycling
infrastructure, and people who ride bikes. The well-stocked references are
great aids to searching for the original papers and presentations. This book
will date quickly, but for a frozen portrait of the best information and
comparisons available now, I know of none better.
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