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Peters said investing in pedestrian and biking infrastructure can "actually remove cars from our streets and enhance quality of life, now and into the future." Peters said investing in pedestrian and biking infrastructure can "actually remove cars from our streets and enhance quality of life, now and into the future."
When it is ultimately completed, the Bayshore Bikeway will stretch 24 miles around San Diego Bay. http://www.10news.com/news/17766133/detail.html?rss=sand&psp=news When it is ultimately completed, the Bayshore Bikeway will stretch 24 miles around San Diego Bay. http://www.10news.com/news/17766133/detail.html?rss=sand&psp=news
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==Bike Groups== ==Bike Groups==

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bike trails

the red routes of San Diego County http://www.efgh.com/bike/redroute.htm#pacificbeach

Bayshore Bikeway

San Diego Bay Bike Route. http://www.efgh.com/bike/rsdbay.htm

Work began Monday on a 1.1-mile extension of a bikeway that will eventually run around San Diego Bay. The $5.2 million extension of the Bayshore Bikeway will begin at 13th Street in Imperial Beach and run along an unused set of railroad tracks through the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge toward the Western Salt Works, according to the San Diego Association of Governments. "By creating more and safer bike trails, we can make it easier for San Diegans to get out of their cars and onto their bicycles," county Supervisor Greg Cox said. "That can lead to cleaner skies and healthier San Diegans, and that's a good thing." Joining Cox at a news conference in Imperial Beach to announce the project were Rep. Bob Filner, D-San Diego, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders, San Diego City Council President Scott Peters and Councilman Ben Hueso. Work is scheduled to be completed in February. They also announced the formation of an "2010 Active Transportation Campaign" to pursue $50 million in federal funding for the region for walking and biking projects. Peters said investing in pedestrian and biking infrastructure can "actually remove cars from our streets and enhance quality of life, now and into the future." When it is ultimately completed, the Bayshore Bikeway will stretch 24 miles around San Diego Bay. http://www.10news.com/news/17766133/detail.html?rss=sand&psp=news

projectid_63_8838.jpg

http://www.sandag.org/?projectid=63&fuseaction=projects.detail

http://www.sandag.org/uploads/projectid/projectid_63_7234.pdf

Bike Groups

The California Bicycle Coalition is a non-profit education and lobbying organization working to improve bicycling conditions throughout the State of California. CBC's mission is to create safe, healthy and livable communities in California by promoting bicycling for transportation and recreation. http://www.calbike.org/about.htm

SDCBC is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to making bicycling better in San Diego. We do that through educational programs, promoting awareness of bicyclists and bicycling issues, reviewing infrastructure improvements, and acting as a voice for bicyclists to elected officials and decisionmakers throughout the San Diego region. http://www.sdcbc.org/about.htm

links

Danny and the Demoncycle http://www.ep.tc/problems/31/index.html

California Vehicle Code Division 11 - Rules of the Road

Chapter 1. Obedience to and Effect of Traffic Laws
Article 4. Operation of Bicycles
http://dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/vc/tocd11c1a4.htm

Equipment Requirements

21201. (a) No person shall operate a bicycle on a roadway unless it is equipped with a brake which will enable the operator to make one braked wheel skid on dry, level, clean pavement. (b) No person shall operate on the highway a bicycle equipped with handlebars so raised that the operator must elevate his hands above the level of his shoulders in order to grasp the normal steering grip area.

(c) No person shall operate upon a highway a bicycle that is of a size that prevents the operator from safely stopping the bicycle, supporting it in an upright position with at least one foot on the ground, and restarting it in a safe manner.

(d) A bicycle operated during darkness upon a highway, a sidewalk where bicycle operation is not prohibited by the local jurisdiction, or a bikeway, as defined in Section 890.4 of the Streets and Highways Code, shall be equipped with all of the following:

(1) A lamp emitting a white light that, while the bicycle is in motion, illuminates the highway, sidewalk, or bikeway in front of the bicyclist and is visible from a distance of 300 feet in front and from the sides of the bicycle.

(2) A red reflector on the rear that shall be visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful upper beams of headlamps on a motor vehicle.

(3) A white or yellow reflector on each pedal, shoe, or ankle visible from the front and rear of the bicycle from a distance of 200 feet.

(4) A white or yellow reflector on each side forward of the center of the bicycle, and a white or red reflector on each side to the rear of the center of the bicycle, except that bicycles that are equipped with reflectorized tires on the front and the rear need not be equipped with these side reflectors.

(e) A lamp or lamp combination, emitting a white light, attached to the operator and visible from a distance of 300 feet in front and from the sides of the bicycle, may be used in lieu of the lamp required by paragraph (1) of subdivision (d).

Amended Ch. 723, Stats. 1979. Effective January 1, 1980. Amended Sec. 1, Ch. 232, Stats. 2007. Effective January 1, 2008.

Bicycle Lights

21201.3. (a) A bicycle or motorized bicycle used by a peace officer, as defined in Section 830.1 of, subdivision (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), or (i) of Section 830.2 of, subdivision (b) or (d) of Section 830.31 of, subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 830.32 of, Section 830.33 of, subdivision (a) of Section 830.36 of, subdivision (a) of Section 830.4 of, or Section 830.6 of, the Penal Code, in the performance of the peace officer's duties, may display a steady or flashing blue warning light that is visible from the front, sides, or rear of the bicycle or motorized bicycle. (b) No person shall display a steady or flashing blue warning light on a bicycle or motorized bicycle except as authorized under subdivision (a).

Added Sec. 65, Ch. 877, Stats. 1998. Effective January 1, 1999.

Reflectorized Equipment

21201.5. (a) No person shall sell, or offer for sale, a reflex reflector or reflectorized tire of a type required on a bicycle unless it meets requirements established by the department. If there exists a federal Consumer Product Safety Commission regulation applicable to bicycle reflectors, the provisions of that regulation shall prevail over provisions of this code or requirements established by the department pursuant to this code relative to bicycle reflectors. (b) No person shall sell, or offer for sale, a new bicycle that is not equipped with a red reflector on the rear, a white or yellow reflector on each pedal visible from the front and rear of the bicycle, a white or yellow reflector on each side forward of the center of the bicycle, and a white or red reflector on each side to the rear of the center of the bicycle, except that bicycles which are equipped with reflectorized tires on the front and rear need not be equipped with these side reflectors.

(c) Area reflectorizing material meeting the requirements of Section 25500 may be used on a bicycle.

Amended Ch. 399, Stats. 1980. Effective July 11, 1980 by terms of an urgency clause.

Operation on Roadway

21202. (a) Any person operating a bicycle upon a roadway at a speed less than the normal speed of traffic moving in the same direction at that time shall ride as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway except under any of the following situations: (1) When overtaking and passing another bicycle or vehicle proceeding in the same direction.

(2) When preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway.

(3) When reasonably necessary to avoid conditions (including, but not limited to, fixed or moving objects, vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, animals, surface hazards, or substandard width lanes) that make it unsafe to continue along the right-hand curb or edge, subject to the provisions of Section 21656. For purposes of this section, a "substandard width lane" is a lane that is too narrow for a bicycle and a vehicle to travel safely side by side within the lane.

(4) When approaching a place where a right turn is authorized.

(b) Any person operating a bicycle upon a roadway of a highway, which highway carries traffic in one direction only and has two or more marked traffic lanes, may ride as near the left-hand curb or edge of that roadway as practicable.

Amended Sec. 4, Ch. 674, Stats. 1996. Effective January 1, 1997.

El Cajon Municipal Code

12.08.100 Riding bicycles upon public sidewalk prohibited. No person shall ride a bicycle upon any public sidewalk within the city. (Ord. 3033 § 1, 1976.) http://qcode.us/codes/elcajon/view.php?topic=12-12_08-12_08_100&frames=off

10.08.010 Applicability to persons riding bicycles and animals. Every person riding a bicycle or riding or driving an animal upon a highway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by Chapters 10.04 through 10.32, except those provisions which by their very nature can have no application. (Prior code § 17-4.)

P. Drive or ride a bicycle, motorcycle, automobile or any other vehicle on any pedestrian walk, as distinguished from an automobile road or a designated bicycle path, unless authorized by the director of recreation or designee. No person shall drive any such bicycle, motorcycle, motor vehicle or other vehicle at a greater speed than that specified by traffic ordinance by the city council for a road within a city park or city playground and indicated by a sign or signs placed along such road;

Q. Ride or drive any bicycle, motorcycle, motor vehicle or other vehicle at a greater speed than ten miles per hour at the entrance or exit thereto, or at a greater speed than fifteen miles per hour at any other place therein. No person shall drive any such bicycle, motorcycle, motor vehicle or other vehicle at a greater speed than that specified by traffic ordinance by the city council for a road within a city park or city playground and indicated by a sign or signs placed along such road;

9.42.030 Bicycle, scooter, skateboard and roller skate riding prohibited within the Expanded Civic Center area. It is unlawful for any person to ride a skateboard, scooter or roller skates within any public facility or upon any public grounds in the Expanded Civic Center area or the public property between Main Street and Douglas Avenue, including that area commonly referred to as the Prescott Promenade. It is unlawful for any person to ride a bicycle in the Expanded Civic Center area of the public property between Main Street and Douglas Avenue, including that area commonly referred to as the Prescott Promenade, unless upon a bike path, alley, street or highway. (Ord. 4682 § 4 (part), 2001.)

http://qcode.us/codes/elcajon/