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Cargo bikes. http://daily.sightline.org/daily_score/archive/2010/06/22/cargo-bikes
At long last, the feds have said the needs of pedestrians and cyclists must be placed alongside, not behind, those of motorists. In what amounts to a sea change for the Department of Transportation, the automobile will no longer be the prime consideration in federal transportation planning. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says the needs of pedestrians and cyclists will be considered along with those of motorists, and he makes it clear that walking and riding are “an important component for livable communities.” Read More http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/03/lahood-policy-statement/#ixzz0iiwNOGA0
bike trails
links
http://www.efgh.com/bike/redroute.htm
Along the L.A. River, an interactive map of paths and landmarks in celebration of the brand-new Elysian Valley Bike Path. http://www.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&gl=us&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=107055154745761649800.000496606a4f5b67175d6
- Cyclists' mecca a smooth cruise. Two-wheeled travel a way of life in Coronado. http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/aug/29/two-wheeled-travel-way-life-coronado/?metro
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
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
http://thesource.metro.net/2010/05/19/metro-releases-new-bike-map-of-l-a-county/
Bike Metro wants to support your trip and help get you to your destination. You'll be able to go further with your bike when combining your trip with Metro Rail and bus. Whether it's using the bike rack on the bus, bringing your bike on a train, or parking your bike at a Metro station, we have many solutions to assist you on your trip. But first, please take some time to learn the bike rules when using Metro. http://www.metro.net/around/bikes/bikes-metro/
The City of San Diego and the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) have partnered in an effort to promote safety among cyclists, motorists and pedestrians. The Lose the Roaditude campaign is aimed toward increasing the awareness of common rules and curbing aggression among these three groups. We consider people's willingness to ignore these rules or act in negligence as "Roaditude." This campaign encourages people to "Lose the Roaditude" through a positive series of heightened reminders promoting safety and respect on the road, such as:
- Crossing at crosswalks
- Looking both ways before crossing
- Yielding to pedestrians crossing at intersections
- Watching your speed
- Stopping at stop signs and signals
- Bicycling with the flow of traffic
- Sharing the road when no bike lane is present
- Wearing bright colors at night
Through the Lose the Roaditude Campaign, we strive to foster respect among cyclists, motorists and pedestrians and encourage them to share the road safely by reducing aggressive attitudes while biking, driving and walking. Ultimately, the campaign goal is to modify the behaviors of these three groups in order to decrease the number of crashes, injuries and fatalities.http://www.sandiego.gov/engineering-cip/projectsprograms/losetheroaditude/index.shtml
Danny and the Demoncycle http://www.ep.tc/problems/31/index.html
Manufactures
Hanter International http://hanter-intl.com/
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.)
