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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 3h
A plus for bike lanes along the curb in San Diego is that people on bikes get whatever shade is available instead of parked cars. Unless there are taller buildings nearby, there's little hope of any shade near bigger intersections. Taller buildings along bike corridors would be fantastic.
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 5h
"A broader snapshot from Glasgow’s wider network of 138 counters recorded 11,160,367 cycling trips between January and August this year." The population of Glasgow is 650k. The reason San Diego isn't doing more is that it doesn't want to do more.
heraldscotland.com
Cycling trips in Glasgow rise 74 per cent in two years, new figures show
Cycling trips in Glasgow have risen by 74 in two years, according to newly released figures from Glasgow City Council.
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 5h
Do any of those things happen if the bridge wasn't accessible to people walking and biking?
windsorstar.com
Gordie Howe bridge reinvents historic Windsor, Detroit neighbourhoods
Cyclists are filling the streets, businesses are booming and forgotten landmarks are being rediscovered
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 15h
"Darrell Johnson, chief executive of the Orange County Transportation Authority, said a challenge has been getting state permits for more sand. In the long run, Johnson said officials will study moving trains inland an idea previously deemed too costly. A third option is to halt the line, he said."
sandiegouniontribune.com
Sea level rise is reshaping a California beach town and threatening a key rail line
California communities are bracing for flooding and landslides ahead of the forecast super El Niño.
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"The crash occurred shortly before 5:30 a.m. on El Cajon Boulevard near 30th Street. A 66-year-old man was driving a 2006 Mercedes E350 eastbound on El Cajon Boulevard. At the same time, the 70-year-old pedestrian was standing on the south sidewalk.
sandiegouniontribune.com
70-year-old pedestrian dies after being hit by vehicle in North Park
The collision occurred on El Cajon Boulevard near 30th Street shortly before 5:30 a.m. Monday.
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
All of those cars blocking the bike lane and bus stop, because people will just stop their cars wherever in San Diego.
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Why shouldn't the same speed limit apply to cars? And why shouldn't cars be automatically speed-limited too?
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
When you go outside do you see more people or cars and what does that say about where you are?
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Seemingly MTS buses are becoming invisible to San Diego's more dangerous drivers. If you can't see a bus, you have no business driving anywhere.
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Chicagoans Who Bike @chiwho.bike · 24/09/2026
ICYMI: We officially launched our map of Chicago's bike lanes - where you can see how each ward's alder shapes how safe it is to bike in every neighborhood!
youtube.com
Some Chicago Alders Block Bike Lanes - We Mapped It
YouTube video by Chicagoans Who Bike
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Daniel 🦁 @eikonos.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Cars are given priority over pedestrians and cyclists because cars are private property, and in this society private property is more important than human beings. One car is more important than 30 people on a public bus, or one person walking or one person cycling, because private property matters.
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"The crash occurred about 1:15 a.m. on Palm Avenue near 16th Street. The victim was riding a mountain bike eastbound in the bicycle lane when an unknown vehicle traveling eastbound veered right and struck him from behind, according to the San Diego Police Department."
sandiegouniontribune.com
Bicyclist killed in hit-and-run crash in South County
The crash occurred on Palm Avenue in San Diego’s Egger Highlands neighborhood early Wednesday.
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Fietser Brandon @americanfietser.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Design city infrastructure around people instead of cars, and you completely redefine what words like "traffic" and "intersections" actually mean.
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I would be satisfied with the city providing the infrastructure so I can ride a bike safely. Instead SANDAG returns funding that could have been used for active transportation projects, San Diego does little traffic enforcement, and California kills legislation targeting dangerous drivers.
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Lake. Big Lake. @lakebiglake.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
When the bike lane is constantly blocked, it’s not a bike lane. Cars drivers have endless rationalizations which all boil down to “Blocking the bike lane was convenient for me, and I’m more important than bike riders because I have a car.” #BikeChi @bikegridnow.org @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
How fast were they going to hit the back of the bus and cause that much damage? I'm used to people driving in San Diego not seeing any object smaller than a car, but if you're unable to see and avoid an object the size of bus, you should never have a driver's license again.
youtube.com
SUV crashes into MTS bus in San Diego
YouTube video by CBS 8 San Diego
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What will it take for city leaders to realize cars are operated as a gas in San Diego in that they'll go anywhere that is in any way open to them? There need to be more barriers, and/or a lot fewer cars.
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Late buses and missing buses due to maintenance issues means missed connections and more exercise to get home late. MTS service has gotten so unreliable. It's maddening.
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Ben Raderstorf @raders.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This year legislators introduced a slate of 17 bills intended to close California’s “license to kill” system of loopholes for dangerous driving and repeat offenders. Almost all of them failed: calmatters.org/tag/license-... @calmatters.org
calmatters.org
License to Kill
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Since the Robinson Bikeway has been cut, is there anything that would prevent the city of San Diego from making the curb lanes of University a bus/bike lane for the length of University between Park and the 805? There are lots of gaps, especially eastbound.
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If an e-bike or e-moto had hit the side of that bus, everyone on the bus would have been uninjured. But those are the biggest safety issues on California streets according to our elected officials.
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
How many jobs could someone reach in San Diego using just protected bike lanes?
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
That legacy would appear to extend to facilities built at the transit centers along the 15 at University and ECB as mitigation for the severing of City Heights by the 15. Those facilities, which include restrooms, have never been opened or used. That's disgraceful.
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
That was a disappointing response. No response at all about speeding up the 215 which was the point of the question. He's on the MTS Board. He should have been able to provide a better answer, but instead he just talked about the known funding issues. And much of that route is in his district.
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
And there are more than a few bus routes that still aren't back to pre-pandemic service levels including the Rapid 215.
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
For one glorious time yesterday morning, I was able to make it from the RB Transit Center to home in UH in 40 minutes. This morning it was back to late buses, missed connections, and a commute that took 30 minutes longer.
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
As if it already wasn't unsafe enough on San Diego streets, the resolution time for streetlight repair requests in San Diego submitted on the Get It Done app has ballooned to 500 days.
The resolution time for streetlight repair requests in San Diego submitted on the Get It Done app has ballooned to 500 days.
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
SUV is lodged half way into the bus. Either ban cars on city streets or require devices that would automatically limit their speed. And maybe Los Angeles should stop designing city streets as highways with traffic signals.
youtube.com
BREAKING NEWS: At least 2 killed when SUV slams into L.A. public transit bus
YouTube video by KTLA 5
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This Rapid 235 bus has had a funky smell since I boarded.about 30 minutes ago. I now have a sore throat with what feels like a coating on the back of my throat, a headache, and wheezing with chest congestion.
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"The section of Mira Mesa with “sharrows” is a death trap, but the solution cannot make Mira Mesa more congested. Cyclists should be directed to the safer side streets that are a block or two away."
sandiegouniontribune.com
Better bike infrastructure shouldn’t cause more traffic congestion
The protected bike lane along the Interstate 15 is great, but it’s a dead end.
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I'm eastbound on Washington in the middle of the right lane after leaving the Vons. Person in a car passes immediately to my left, part way into my lane to go around a car in the left lane. Traffic was light.
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
In San Diego, you get asphalt and parking. It’s so charming.
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
That’s from Tuesday at San Clemente. That looks rather precarious, not at all ready for the upcoming winter.
Tracks at San Clemente on Tuesday, September 8th, 2026.Tracks at San Clemente on Tuesday, September 8th, 2026.Tracks at San Clemente on Tuesday, September 8th, 2026.
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Escondido hit 112 today, shattering the previous record high of 104 by 8 degrees. And that was just set in 2024 with a period of record going back to 1893. The peak heat index hit 119 at 1:15 PM with a temperature of 111 and a dewpoint of 68.
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
E-bikes are the “low-hanging fruit”, not subsidies to sell much more expensive and bloated electric vehicles.
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
So the Rapid 235 I wanted to take to Downtown had signage for Escondido, so even though it stopped where the bus for downtown would stop, I thought it was going to Escondido so now I have to wait another 15 minute for the next bus downtown. Why is MTS having more service lapses?
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The recurring closures at San Clemente make another case for more state control of the Pacific Surfliner corridor. People traveling by train between Los Angeles and San Diego shouldn’t be at the mercy of Orange County’s disinterest in providing rail service.
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Housing for people has to be the priority.
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Service delays may continue around San Clemente through Thursday. Does Orange County know the tracks run next to a rising ocean?
Service delays may continue around San Clemente  through Thursday.
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
That makes it an improvement over almost every human-driven car I will ever encounter in San Diego.
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
MTS should electronically refund fares for late buses and have San Diego cover the lost fare revenue. There has to be a cost to the city for choosing to delay “Rapid” buses for left-turning cars. This 10-min late 215 will result in me getting to my destination (work) at least 30 minutes late again.
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
As a reminder of how indefensibly bad the supposed Transit Signal Priority is on ECB, the sequence of signals at intersections on ECB will always prioritize cars turning left in the opposite direction over a late Rapid 215.
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Low temperatures for San Diego were mostly in the 70s with noon heat index values mostly 95 to 105+ not much inland from the beaches. It's a good day to hibernate inside from the heat and reckless drivers.
Low temperatures in the more densely populated portions of San Diego on Labor Day all in the 70s Fahrenheit.Heat Index values in the more densely populated portions of San Diego at noon on Labor Day are mostly 95 to 105+ except near sea level toward the coast.
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
For the rest of today from San Diego to Los Angeles, every train is either sold out (two) or cancelled (five). It's similar from Los Angeles to San Diego. The planned closures for maintenance are next weekend. Why are so many trains cancelled today?
For the rest of today from San Diego to Los Angeles, every train is either sold out (two) or cancelled (five).
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
"The new push on encampment sweeps comes as librarians and library security say they are overwhelmed with the loitering around the library and illegal activity inside it." Where is SDPD? The issues downtown around the library are hardly confined to just that area or even to downtown.
timesofsandiego.com
City launches enforcement crackdown to clean up Central Library encampments, drug activity
Amid complaints from residents, business groups and others, the city of San Diego looks to clean up the Central Library, inside and out.
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Take the lane and make entitled drivers wait. It shouldn’t be a death wish to use San Diego’s poorly-designed bike lanes.
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I won't miss that generation. Forcing people to drive is climate arson.
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
So is this just a scheme to lure people to fare-free transit, then let speeding drivers kill them? Why does this DSA chapter hate people that use transit?
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
But the economy will collapse if someone from a suburb can't drive to a downtown and park as if they were in a suburb.
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gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
In a better world, there would be environmental lawsuits because more parking spaces for cars weren't being removed.
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