Here's something you might be interested in.
Ask a Hipster — Advice you didn't know you needed
Big Screen — Movie commentary
Blurt — Music's inside track
Booze News — San Diego spirits
Classical Music — Immortal beauty
Classifieds — Free and easy
Cover Stories — Front-page features
Drinks All Around — Bartenders' drink recipes
Excerpts — Literary and spiritual excerpts
Feast! — Food & drink reviews
Feature Stories — Local news & stories
Fishing Report — What’s getting hooked from ship and shore
From the Archives — Spotlight on the past
Golden Dreams — Talk of the town
The Gonzo Report — Making the musical scene, or at least reporting from it
Letters — Our inbox
Movies@Home — Local movie buffs share favorites
Movie Reviews — Our critics' picks and pans
Musician Interviews — Up close with local artists
Neighborhood News from Stringers — Hyperlocal news
News Ticker — News & politics
Obermeyer — San Diego politics illustrated
Outdoors — Weekly changes in flora and fauna
Overheard in San Diego — Eavesdropping illustrated
Poetry — The old and the new
Reader Travel — Travel section built by travelers
Reading — The hunt for intellectuals
Roam-O-Rama — SoCal's best hiking/biking trails
San Diego Beer — Inside San Diego suds
SD on the QT — Almost factual news
Sheep and Goats — Places of worship
Special Issues — The best of
Street Style — San Diego streets have style
Surf Diego — Real stories from those braving the waves
Theater — On stage in San Diego this week
Tin Fork — Silver spoon alternative
Under the Radar — Matt Potter's undercover work
Unforgettable — Long-ago San Diego
Unreal Estate — San Diego's priciest pads
Your Week — Daily event picks
Bonkers for bikeways
Now you can pedal to the mall
Juncture of Sweetwater Bikeway and the new section of Plaza Bonita Bikeway
The Plaza Bonita Bikeway and Sweetwater Bikeway are now connected and open for use.
Video:
Plaza Bonita Bikeway gets linked
The two protected lanes linking Bonita Road to the Sweetwater Bikeway along the Sweetwater River (and on to the Bayshore Bikeway) were formerly separated by a block-long gap where the paths ended and riders had to hop onto Plaza Bonita Road between the northwest corner of Westfield Mall and Bonita Mesa Road. This was easy enough heading southeast but more problematic for those riding northwest; riders had to merge left across the lanes to make a left turn onto one of the two Sweetwater Bikeway access points.
The San Diego Association of Governments originally planned on connecting the paths in early 2014, but the $1.2 million project was delayed due to contract negotiations with the subcontractor (Urban Corps) and then to avoid conflict with SDG&E's transmission line work in the same area.
The road work began early this year, however, and on March 28 the new bike path connection was completed. It runs along the west side of Plaza Bonita Road on the sidewalk level and has designated shared road crossings with pedestrians accessing Westfield Mall.
The old paths are still in need of sweeping and shrub trimming, but the new connection is a big improvement for bike commuters either passing through between the coast and Bonita Road or patronizing businesses in the mall.
Here's something you might be interested in.
Bonkers for bikeways
Now you can pedal to the mall
Bonkers for bikeways
Now you can pedal to the mall
Juncture of Sweetwater Bikeway and the new section of Plaza Bonita Bikeway
The Plaza Bonita Bikeway and Sweetwater Bikeway are now connected and open for use.
Video:
Plaza Bonita Bikeway gets linked
The two protected lanes linking Bonita Road to the Sweetwater Bikeway along the Sweetwater River (and on to the Bayshore Bikeway) were formerly separated by a block-long gap where the paths ended and riders had to hop onto Plaza Bonita Road between the northwest corner of Westfield Mall and Bonita Mesa Road. This was easy enough heading southeast but more problematic for those riding northwest; riders had to merge left across the lanes to make a left turn onto one of the two Sweetwater Bikeway access points.
The San Diego Association of Governments originally planned on connecting the paths in early 2014, but the $1.2 million project was delayed due to contract negotiations with the subcontractor (Urban Corps) and then to avoid conflict with SDG&E's transmission line work in the same area.
The road work began early this year, however, and on March 28 the new bike path connection was completed. It runs along the west side of Plaza Bonita Road on the sidewalk level and has designated shared road crossings with pedestrians accessing Westfield Mall.
The old paths are still in need of sweeping and shrub trimming, but the new connection is a big improvement for bike commuters either passing through between the coast and Bonita Road or patronizing businesses in the mall.
Comments