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Use San Diego crosswalks at your own peril
But new state law clearing nearby parking might backfire
Starting New Year's Eve, new statewide law aims to clear crosswalks of parked vehicles.
As San Diego drivers rush to finish shopping or get to their next destination, accidents or close calls at crosswalks crop up.
On December 23, at around 7:30 am, an electric scooter rider was struck while traveling through a downtown crosswalk, according to a report by 911 Video News on YouTube. The details surrounding the accident on 5th Avenue and A Street remain unclear, including who had the right-of-way and whether the rider survived after being rushed to the hospital.
Accident on 5th and A
On December 13, a 45-year-old man suffered a fractured skull and was hospitalized after being struck while walking in a crosswalk in Logan Heights, according to the San Diego Police Department. In October, another pedestrian was reportedly struck and killed while using a marked crosswalk in Clairemont.
Starting on New Year's Eve, a new statewide law aims to implement "daylighting" — clearing crosswalks of parked vehicles and bettering the vantage points for drivers and pedestrians.
Parking spaces lost
Under California Assembly Bill AB-413, parking, stopping, or waiting within 20 feet of the approach to any crosswalk — marked or unmarked — will be prohibited. Notably, the curb doesn’t need to be painted red for the law to apply, nor does the crosswalk need to be marked.
Ride-share drivers idling near crosswalks are included in this rule.
Steve Johnson parks his car by a crosswalk in the Skyline neighborhood when he can. "I don't like this new rule, he said. "If I lose my favorite spot, I'm going to be bummed because it's one of the only spaces open when I come home from work and I can see the car from my room." Johnson thinks of Lyft and Uber gig workers. "How will the drivers pick us up in the Gaslamp District with the new regulation? Honestly, I'd rather the drivers pull up to the side before a crosswalk rather than stop in the middle of the road?"
Spaces lost between the 15 and 805 south of I-8
Some San Diegans who signed the "Repeal AB-413 Twenty Foot Parking Loss at Every Intersection" petition on Change.org share Johnson's sentiments. They mention people without cars, who depend on delivery services from Instacart, DoorDash, Uber Eats, or Amazon, and how the gig workers will face more profound challenges in 2025.
The new bill "impacts air quality due to added pollution as drivers circle, possibly fruitlessly in competition for previously existing but now nonexistent parking," reads the petition with 1900 signatures and counting.
The new crosswalk law will affect street parking, particularly in bustling neighborhoods like Normal Heights. “Approximately 350 locations will be affected,” reads a social media post in part by the Normal Heights Community Planning Group.
Jay L. from Clairemont has a unique feeling about the new "daylighting" rule. "Like if the corner appears to be clear, those who are chronic speeders will use this additional clearance to carve corners faster!” On the flip side, he noted that parked cars near crosswalks currently force drivers to slow down. “Both by decreased corner radius and concern for peds.”
Parking enforcement will have challenges and more work, as not all crosswalk corners will be painted red when the law takes effect. RogueSpectre67, on Reddit, commented, “I would guess that this is almost as much about giving the cops something to nail people for as it is about ‘public safety.’ You know for a fact that they’re going to love busting out the special 20-foot tape measure they had specifically for this purpose, lining up a laser level on your front bumper, and gleefully writing tickets when the paint chip on your car extends a thousandth of an inch into the unmarked no-parking zone.”
The city of San Diego — not the whole county — made $32.1 million through parking tickets last year, according to the Quartz business-news outlet in a recently published article titled, "15 cities that make more money from parking tickets than anywhere in America."
Here's something you might be interested in.
Use San Diego crosswalks at your own peril
But new state law clearing nearby parking might backfire
Use San Diego crosswalks at your own peril
But new state law clearing nearby parking might backfire
Starting New Year's Eve, new statewide law aims to clear crosswalks of parked vehicles.
As San Diego drivers rush to finish shopping or get to their next destination, accidents or close calls at crosswalks crop up.
On December 23, at around 7:30 am, an electric scooter rider was struck while traveling through a downtown crosswalk, according to a report by 911 Video News on YouTube. The details surrounding the accident on 5th Avenue and A Street remain unclear, including who had the right-of-way and whether the rider survived after being rushed to the hospital.
Accident on 5th and A
On December 13, a 45-year-old man suffered a fractured skull and was hospitalized after being struck while walking in a crosswalk in Logan Heights, according to the San Diego Police Department. In October, another pedestrian was reportedly struck and killed while using a marked crosswalk in Clairemont.
Starting on New Year's Eve, a new statewide law aims to implement "daylighting" — clearing crosswalks of parked vehicles and bettering the vantage points for drivers and pedestrians.
Parking spaces lost
Under California Assembly Bill AB-413, parking, stopping, or waiting within 20 feet of the approach to any crosswalk — marked or unmarked — will be prohibited. Notably, the curb doesn’t need to be painted red for the law to apply, nor does the crosswalk need to be marked.
Ride-share drivers idling near crosswalks are included in this rule.
Steve Johnson parks his car by a crosswalk in the Skyline neighborhood when he can. "I don't like this new rule, he said. "If I lose my favorite spot, I'm going to be bummed because it's one of the only spaces open when I come home from work and I can see the car from my room." Johnson thinks of Lyft and Uber gig workers. "How will the drivers pick us up in the Gaslamp District with the new regulation? Honestly, I'd rather the drivers pull up to the side before a crosswalk rather than stop in the middle of the road?"
Spaces lost between the 15 and 805 south of I-8
Some San Diegans who signed the "Repeal AB-413 Twenty Foot Parking Loss at Every Intersection" petition on Change.org share Johnson's sentiments. They mention people without cars, who depend on delivery services from Instacart, DoorDash, Uber Eats, or Amazon, and how the gig workers will face more profound challenges in 2025.
The new bill "impacts air quality due to added pollution as drivers circle, possibly fruitlessly in competition for previously existing but now nonexistent parking," reads the petition with 1900 signatures and counting.
The new crosswalk law will affect street parking, particularly in bustling neighborhoods like Normal Heights. “Approximately 350 locations will be affected,” reads a social media post in part by the Normal Heights Community Planning Group.
Jay L. from Clairemont has a unique feeling about the new "daylighting" rule. "Like if the corner appears to be clear, those who are chronic speeders will use this additional clearance to carve corners faster!” On the flip side, he noted that parked cars near crosswalks currently force drivers to slow down. “Both by decreased corner radius and concern for peds.”
Parking enforcement will have challenges and more work, as not all crosswalk corners will be painted red when the law takes effect. RogueSpectre67, on Reddit, commented, “I would guess that this is almost as much about giving the cops something to nail people for as it is about ‘public safety.’ You know for a fact that they’re going to love busting out the special 20-foot tape measure they had specifically for this purpose, lining up a laser level on your front bumper, and gleefully writing tickets when the paint chip on your car extends a thousandth of an inch into the unmarked no-parking zone.”
The city of San Diego — not the whole county — made $32.1 million through parking tickets last year, according to the Quartz business-news outlet in a recently published article titled, "15 cities that make more money from parking tickets than anywhere in America."
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