gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 10hCurbs alone are no longer sufficient because of vehicle bloat and highway speeds on city streets. 130
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 17hRepublicans voted to fund this mass torture. All of them are complicit in these crimes against humanity. 010
Reposted by @gregmartinsd.bsky.socialMelissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 08/10/2026One of the key lessons from Dutch cycling history is cities didn't start with protected lanes. They began by making streets safer, calmer and more inviting; with lower speeds, parking restrictions, traffic filters and reduced through-traffic to create an environment in which cycling could flourish.🧵 10430141
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Do bike buses need a tail gunner for deterence? 050
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Yesterday evening, it was running as much as 1.64 ft above the baseline with a water temperature in the afternoon of 78.4 F. In early September it was running around 0.7 ft above the baseline. That's quite a boost from the most recent Kelvin wave passage. 010
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026We have a shortage of housing for people, but not for cars. Mandatory minmum parking requirements for cars could kill the building of housing needed by people. 050
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026It's easier to do that when your city's bike lanes aren't heavily sloped to drain water for car drivers. 130
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Balboa Park has had four consecutive days with 100+ high temperatures. That should come to and end today. 030
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026In San Diego, wide streets with lots of cars need to be cut in half for cars with speeds and car volume dramtically cut. 020
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The ECMWF ensemble output has a peak in December, but more interesting is the range in April is still 2.35 to 3.85C. That seems really high for a time when it should be weakening, though it will be falling from a very high peak. I wonder if winter impacts will last longer into the spring. 030
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Then shouldn't we tie tax benefits to being married or having children to actual usage of transit? I don't favor that either, but this whole idea is bizarre. 000
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026There was warming in the spring of 2014, only to pull back in the late summer with ENSO-neutral through the winter, followed by the much greater warming for 2015-2016. 000
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"At approximately 9:51 p.m., a second crash was reported near 70th Street and El Cajon Boulevard. A witness told us that a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed struck a parked car and rolled multiple times."youtube.comBad Night for Tatis Jerseys: Two DUI Arrests Among Three East County CrashesYouTube video by 619 News Media 030
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026He just doesn't talk about San Diego and talks about Los Angeles only in other contexts which he considers negative. If some attack were to happen to either of those cities, his response would have nothing to do with helping the people impacted because they reside in a state he hates. 010
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"Snyder argues, though, that grumbling motorists can no longer be an excuse for total inaction — especially when people are dying." 051
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026They'd quickly discover they couldn't go very far or access much. Bike lanes that are protected are limited with too many gaps between the protected segments that do exist. 051
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Meanwhile in San Diego, the minmum usage requirement for bike storage at transit centers is sufficiently onerous that I've never seen a bike in any of them in more than a decade of using transit in San Diego. 120
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026During a test of speed cameras, there were more 100,000 violations in less than 10 days. Why aren't cars automatically speed-limited? Far more than speed cameras are needed to slow cars on PCH through Malibu.youtube.comMan killed after teen driver slams into him on PCH in MalibuYouTube video by KTLA 5 010
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026San Diego International Airport hit 100 at 10:30 AM on the way to 105. Balboa Park reached 108 and Oceanside Harbor 101. Today should be the hottest day of the year at the San Diego County coast. 000
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026That's a lot of money spent to protect parked cars. 020
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026E-bikes get overregulated because the people driving the most dangerous vehicles hate them. 020
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026When you're hit by a car going 91 mph, what you're riding or wearing is irrelevant. Why are we speed-limiting e-bikes and e-scooters, but not far more lethal cars? 1181
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It only took until 10:25 AM for San Diego International Airport to reach 100. This should be the hottest day of the year at the coast. 🥵 110
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026We are going to get a real world experiment through this winter on the impacts along the California coast of a sea level that's 1 to 2 feet higher. 121
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026That shouldn't even be legal. That's negligence in the extreme. On Google Street View it's been that way since at least 2007 with narrow shoulders serving as bike lanes. 030
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"A third option is to halt the line, he said." That's the usually unstated plan of Orange County. If the state does nothing, that's what what will happen. That's not even close to acceptable. 020
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The fare is higher today, but the Rapid buses are just as late in the evening. 111
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026There needs to be a lot more loading zones in San Diego, and those loading zones should be paid parking any time they aren't loading zones. 230
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026That's an insane policy as we transition to an era of endless heatwaves. I understand wanting daylight, but having no shade with increasing heat is also a public health issue. 1181
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Interestingly for the people that drive most places and only walk a short distance at each end, they mostly see those e-bikes when walking and rarely when driving. 000
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I'm just done with all of the reckless driving. It's so much worse than anything pre-pandemic. San Diego is also dirtier and in greater disrepair. I mostly have to force myself to go outside for those things where I have to go outside. 020
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A 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. 120
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"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.comCycling trips in Glasgow rise 74 per cent in two years, new figures showCycling trips in Glasgow have risen by 74 in two years, according to newly released figures from Glasgow City Council. 1161
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Do any of those things happen if the bridge wasn't accessible to people walking and biking?windsorstar.comGordie Howe bridge reinvents historic Windsor, Detroit neighbourhoodsCyclists are filling the streets, businesses are booming and forgotten landmarks are being rediscovered 000
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"TSA defended the move, saying the document checkers are the first to interact with the traveling public and requiring them to stand will create a better experience for passengers." Naw, they just wanted to be a giant D to their workers. 020
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Finally saying the quiet part out loud. It's been rather obvious that OCTA has no plans for maintaining all of their portion of the rail link between San Diego and Los Angeles. The state needs to take action. It's not acceptable to lose that essential rail link. 152
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"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.comSea level rise is reshaping a California beach town and threatening a key rail lineCalifornia communities are bracing for flooding and landslides ahead of the forecast super El Niño. 121
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The pedestrian stepped into the street and was struck by the driver, police said." That section of ECB has a bus lane. The driver shouldn't have been driving near the curb unless making a right turn onto northbound 30th. 010
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.com70-year-old pedestrian dies after being hit by vehicle in North ParkThe collision occurred on El Cajon Boulevard near 30th Street shortly before 5:30 a.m. Monday. 110
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I'm not sure the drivers in San Diego are actually worse, but SDPD has completely checked out on traffic enforcement versus pre-pandemic and San Diego drivers have responded accordingly. Absent a collision, maybe, I'm not sure what it would take to get pulled over by SDPD. 020
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026All of those cars blocking the bike lane and bus stop, because people will just stop their cars wherever in San Diego. 1152
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Why shouldn't the same speed limit apply to cars? And why shouldn't cars be automatically speed-limited too? 000
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026When you go outside do you see more people or cars and what does that say about where you are? 030
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Seemingly 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. 111
Reposted by @gregmartinsd.bsky.socialChicagoans Who Bike @chiwho.bike · 24/09/2026ICYMI: 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.comSome Chicago Alders Block Bike Lanes - We Mapped ItYouTube video by Chicagoans Who Bike 2287
Reposted by @gregmartinsd.bsky.socialDaniel 🦁 @eikonos.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Cars 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. 1115639
gregmartinsd.bsky.social @gregmartinsd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The posted speed limit is 40 mph with three general-use lanes in each direction. It was a door-zone bike lane to preserve parking along the curb. There were sharrows previously. Is San Diego purposely trying to get people killed through negligent design? 171
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.comBicyclist killed in hit-and-run crash in South CountyThe crash occurred on Palm Avenue in San Diego’s Egger Highlands neighborhood early Wednesday. 282
