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Traffic fatalities are increasing in San Diego despite the city's long-range plan to stop them

By Geoff Page In September 2021, The OB Rag carried a piece titled, “The Politics of Fear: Bicycling Deaths, Crosswalks and Dog Bites,” by this writer. The piece contained a review of 13 cycling accidents and it created a howl of anger from cycling advocates. The anger was directed at anyone who had the temerity…

Plans to restripe two portions of Prospect Street and La Jolla Boulevard in La Jolla to include new bicycle lanes drew sharp criticism from avid cyclists and others at the La Jolla Traffic & Transportation Board meeting on Oct. 19.

San Diego officials are mulling whether to remove parking and a vehicular travel lane on Park Boulevard in Balboa Park to make space for protected bike lanes and bus-only lanes. The plan faces resistance from the park’s cultural institutions. Meanwhile, Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego is one of 21 new cardinals named by Pope Francis. Plus, many people hit the road this weekend as the summer travel season began and pandemic-related restrictions eased up.

City officials are mulling whether to remove parking and a vehicular travel lane on Park Boulevard to make space for protected bike lanes and bus-only lanes. But the plan faces resistance among Balboa Park's cultural institutions.

Public records requests reveal city will no longer pursue controversial bike lanes

The newly paved stretch of Park Blvd will soon have new protected bike lanes in both directions, but it will reduce the number of parking spaces by about a third.

Public backlash has caused the city to temporarily stop installing the design, which requires drivers to share a center lane.

The decision to pave over the lanes comes after days of outrage from residents who say they were left completely in the dark about the decision making process