You might be on to something! Here I thought a little park land would be nice, but I'm delusional sometimes.

This bike is an old Novara Verita. I got it for free around the neighborhood, and the SRAM double-tap was all beat up, so I swapped with some bar end shifters (friction), and that front rack is a Soma Fab thing they were selling cheap because the welding is a bit off. Technically, it's a "light touring" bike. It's my beater. Frame's all dinged up and it's ugly, but it's great to ride and lock up just about anywhere!

Thanks, @serafine-y8v! On the second page of the slides, second bullet point says "Initial scope included widening of Golf Course Drive between 26th and 28th Stret to install additional travel lanes, bike lanes, and sidewalk." Now, I don't know if that initial scope has changed, but on page 3, it says "Install new pedestrian cart paths," and I wonder if that would also be paths people on bikes would take. So, I see the reference there, but it's definitely not clear. :)

After being on my community planning group for like 6 years, I think I'm just tuned into that community. I got to a lot of community events, and hang out with people who go to a lot of public meetings. It also helps to read a lot of local news, and follow the local electeds on socials (I also reach out to them from time to time.

One thing that's really lovely about this area is that it's relatively flat. A resident of North Park, South Park or Golden Hill will have a bunch of hills to climb depending on what they want to get, but in Hillcrest and Mission Hills (for the most part) it's much easier to get around on a bike...if the roads allowed it.

What gets me about those parking spots in front of businesses is that they're hardly ever for perspective customers; rather, the owners/employees park there and have their cars sit all day. It's got nothing to do with convenience for customers.

@@RidingBikesinSanDiego Absolutely. Most of these parking lots are very empty all day as well. Maybe 50% full at best.

@BrianOkeson A person riding a bike in the next lane doesn't need to know a driver is going around in the next lane. It's unnecessary, doesn't make anyone safer, and is perceived as an aggression.

Fourth and Fifth are solid projects!

Different roads are used differently. I think it makes sense that we'd treat each stretch in a way that works for the way people use it and for the conditions that are present. I don't think anyone expects bikes lanes on EVERY street. But they should be on the streets that have the destinations people go to, and those streets should reasonably connect to where people live. El Cajon Blvd has miles of places people want and need to get to, and should have infrastructure to help folks be safe.

With the new rising price of street parking, it seems like people might want to have a more cost-effective alternative to moving around the city.

So, San Diego Ave isn't bad, but it becomes one-way at California St, making it difficult to get to Washington. As for climbing on California and Henry, that's pretty damn steep! On an ebike, maybe, but it's a little too brutal for me on a regular bike, especially loaded with bags from travel.

Story of the nation, and this life in it.

@sandiegofun1 My hope is that people in the city watch these and say, "Oh. That's messed up. We should fixed that before someone dies!" History shows a poor record of that line of thinking, instead waiting until someone dies, then paying out a huge settlement to the families at many times the cost of preventative measures beforehand.

Isn't it telling that people riding bikes have to make all these negotiations and discuss which backroads we feel like are least likely to kill us?

Indeed. I take Ft. Stockton to Eagle (I think) where there is a short bike lane. Left on Washington (where the sensor did not work and I had to ask pedestrians to hit the beg button for me but the City says it has implemented a temporary fix for that. Anyway, left on Washington to Dove where I can get into the Vons. One block which is pretty wide and not too bad most of the time. Getting OUT of Vons is terrifying though! The choice once in the Vons is: Bad bike racks in the garage with signs warning you not to use them or decent rack out front but you cannot use a cart to get your groceries to your bike because anti-theft devices on the wheels cause it to lock up when you go out the doors to the bike rack. I do real grocery runs on my bike and carry about 25 pounds of groceries sometimes. It is not safe to leave the cart and carry bag by bag to the bike, then leave the groceries in the bike unattended while I go back to the cart for the rest of the groceries there. Need to use my cart! Another choice to get to Vons from back in the 1970's is to stay on Ft. Stockton until it ends at Dove. Then snake through the parking lot that serves the US Bank. Harder now than all those decades ago because people park across the old parking lot skirt and there are now permanent posts preventing cars from going through like that any more. But if you can fit, it's the safest route.

@RodMesa-e2t I'll have to look up some of these roads on the map!

We need to build our cities beyond the personal car drivers' desires.

@rickgac311 The irony is that they have an office right there on Taylor.

Thanks for the kind words, @Robot8380-r8p. I have a hi-vis jacket (a shade of red), but I wear it more for warmth on chilly mornings, and a hi-vis vest that I mostly only wear when I know I'll be riding at night (it's also got some style to it, with some cool patches). But I ride in regular cloths most of the time, and I tend to dress in colors. I don't run my lights in the day time. I'm not saying this is "the right way," but I cant stand having to constantly charge batteries.

Thanks, @POV-UP539. So, the bike and scooter share companies mostly pulled out of San Diego a year or two ago; the council went pretty hard with regulations about where they could be parked, etc, so the services moved on. If only they'd take concerns about cars as seriously...

I can only assume it's because that corner is a super-wide mess, as Madonna is a pretty huge road. If they say pedestrians aren't allowed, then they can say that they weren't responsible to keep them safe if someone gets hurt while crossing.

At this intersection there are only 3 (not 4) crosswalks. The sign is for people wanting to cross from the left (freeze video at 0:25), telling them to use the crosswalks instead of crossing the street where there is no crosswalk.

@@Robot8380-r8q I would cross there, I mean, sure there is no painted crosswalk, and normally there would still be an unmarked one there, though they now prohibited crossing there so no one can legally do it anymore, I wouldn't go all the way around just to get to that sidewalk, I would cross there regardless of what they say.

I'm thinking about that, too, @ablackney! If they won't actually redesign a main street, at least make the paint gigantic!

Right! It's almost as if someone actually planned for people to ride bikes!

Thanks, @RodMesa-e2t. I hope I got it mostly right! You're not the first person to tell me of this aspiration. I have some family who have settled up there, and seem to like it. I find college towns thoroughly charming, and have really loved living them in them. It all makes me wish the area around SDSU was more built around a campus-area culture.

Thanks, @malHHkenny! I can't imagine anywhere in CA to be like Amsterdam, but I was really pleasantly surprised with the amount of people I saw riding in SLO. Also, the Bike Kitchen was pretty impressive!

One of yer better bike kitchens, yeah. Associated with my favorite Warm Showers house. But let's go to Amsterdam and bask in the wholesome two-wheel mobility with Not Just Bikes.

​​​@@RidingBikesinSanDiegoDavis and parts of Marin are nicely congested with bikes. Heartwarming and scary at the same time. Marin Bicycle Coalition has resorted to, in some cases, mapping routes that have no bike lanes but follow roads that are off the car-sclerotic artery roads.

I don't know, but maybe @malHHkenny has an answer!

Riding from SLO to Pismo is bikeable and enjoyable! If you watch RidingBikesinSanDiego's other video (Higuera to Broad St via South St Rt 227 in SLO) he rides on Broad street which is also the 227. He's headed South going toward the airport which is the correct way to get toward Pismo. The end of his video is around Broad and Lawrence. About 5 miles farther down Broad, take a right on Price Canyon Road then bike for another 5 miles on that (no other turns) and you're in Pismo. Just be aware that Price Canyon is a 55MPH road though with nothing more than paint to protect from vehicles.

Thanks, @xijaomao for bringing up those in wheelchairs. Roads designs that prioritize drivers often leave out everyone outside of a car, but ESPECIALLY those with disabilities.

The train is fantastic. Some people argue it takes too long (about 8 and a half hours for me). But I've driven it before, and after traffic, it's taken 7 and a half hours. I don't mind the time. I bring books and my laptop, and it's much easier to nap than it is when I'm driving a car.

@RidingBikesinSanDiego And you greatly reduce your carbon footprint. The bike and train are a perfect travel combination. Drive less, ride a bike, and take the train.

This month I gotta go from Borrego Springs to Sacramento on buses and Amtrack - then to Marin. Daunting with a bike. Capitol Corridor Amtrak is great. Sac'to to Marin 1000 times at least. So convenient - and then the Richmond Bridge is a carnival ride, fer sher.

I'd prefer not, but thanks for asking.

@@RidingBikesinSanDiego thanks for answering

And this is why we need a hard barrier. Paint doesn't get the point across.

People wear their cars like outfits, identities they've purchased and value more than other people around them.

Maybe those little cones were working, if only for a little while. that little block should have a hard barrier on both sides on Upas from 30th to 30th.