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
Bicycle trap
Despite improvements, lawsuits still being paid out
Now, this is a safe-looking bike lane.
On Tuesday, April 21, San Diego city councilmembers are expected to approve a settlement offer in the amount of $225,000 to a cyclist who sued over the city's inadequate and defective bike lanes.
The lawsuit, reported by the Reader in October 2013, was filed by Belinda Martinez.
In June of that year, a car struck Martinez as she rode her bicycle on Santa Fe Street near Pacific Beach. She later sued the city, claiming the area was a "concealed trap for bicyclists" and pedestrians.
According to the complaint, the stretch of road had a "defective design, defective signage, defective bicycle lane, bicycle route and/or path, defective traffic control devices, defective pavement lane markings, street marking, street width, speed limit, defective line of sight, defective and/or non-existent warning signage."
The region's failure to provide adequate bike lanes has become well documented in recent years.
According to the settlement agreement, the city plans to pay Martinez from the Public Liability Fund.
In 2013, the San Diego County Grand Jury released a report documenting the dangerous conditions that some cyclists face on city roads.
"The designated bicycle paths and lanes in the City of San Diego (City) are often substandard because of their location and relative lack of maintenance. On many streets, the poorly designated bicycle lanes have large gaps. The gaps and lack of maintenance often force cyclists into traffic lanes. Poorly marked bicycle lanes cause accidents."
Recently, cycling advocates as well as government agencies have pushed for additional and better maintained bike lanes throughout San Diego.
Often times, the proposals are met with resistance from neighbors or nearby businesses who say that traffic issues should be addressed before dedicating roadway to cyclists.
Residents near SDSU and their councilmember Marti Emerald are opposing university officials’ plan to add additional lanes of traffic to College Avenue from Montezuma Avenue to Interstate 8 in favor of bringing dedicated bike lanes and expanding sidewalks for pedestrians.
In Hillcrest, residents and some business owners object to a plan from the San Diego Association of Governments to close a portion of University Avenue in Mission Hills to traffic and install bike lanes east into the center of Hillcrest; the intent is to entice more people out of their cars and onto bikes or walking paths.
On March 24, the community planning group sided with a group of residents and rejected the plan. The association of governments agency will continue with the planning process and try and gain more support from neighbors and business owners.
The city council is expected to approve the settlement offer during the 10 a.m. session on April 21.
Here's something you might be interested in.
Bicycle trap
Despite improvements, lawsuits still being paid out
Bicycle trap
Despite improvements, lawsuits still being paid out
Now, this is a safe-looking bike lane.
On Tuesday, April 21, San Diego city councilmembers are expected to approve a settlement offer in the amount of $225,000 to a cyclist who sued over the city's inadequate and defective bike lanes.
The lawsuit, reported by the Reader in October 2013, was filed by Belinda Martinez.
In June of that year, a car struck Martinez as she rode her bicycle on Santa Fe Street near Pacific Beach. She later sued the city, claiming the area was a "concealed trap for bicyclists" and pedestrians.
According to the complaint, the stretch of road had a "defective design, defective signage, defective bicycle lane, bicycle route and/or path, defective traffic control devices, defective pavement lane markings, street marking, street width, speed limit, defective line of sight, defective and/or non-existent warning signage."
The region's failure to provide adequate bike lanes has become well documented in recent years.
According to the settlement agreement, the city plans to pay Martinez from the Public Liability Fund.
In 2013, the San Diego County Grand Jury released a report documenting the dangerous conditions that some cyclists face on city roads.
"The designated bicycle paths and lanes in the City of San Diego (City) are often substandard because of their location and relative lack of maintenance. On many streets, the poorly designated bicycle lanes have large gaps. The gaps and lack of maintenance often force cyclists into traffic lanes. Poorly marked bicycle lanes cause accidents."
Recently, cycling advocates as well as government agencies have pushed for additional and better maintained bike lanes throughout San Diego.
Often times, the proposals are met with resistance from neighbors or nearby businesses who say that traffic issues should be addressed before dedicating roadway to cyclists.
Residents near SDSU and their councilmember Marti Emerald are opposing university officials’ plan to add additional lanes of traffic to College Avenue from Montezuma Avenue to Interstate 8 in favor of bringing dedicated bike lanes and expanding sidewalks for pedestrians.
In Hillcrest, residents and some business owners object to a plan from the San Diego Association of Governments to close a portion of University Avenue in Mission Hills to traffic and install bike lanes east into the center of Hillcrest; the intent is to entice more people out of their cars and onto bikes or walking paths.
On March 24, the community planning group sided with a group of residents and rejected the plan. The association of governments agency will continue with the planning process and try and gain more support from neighbors and business owners.
The city council is expected to approve the settlement offer during the 10 a.m. session on April 21.
Comments