But yesterday, SANDAG also announced a plan to build $200 million of bicycle infrastructure over the next decade at the California Bike Summit, being held in San Diego this week. Via the San Diego-Union Tribune.
In an interview at the California Bike Summit, California Bicycle Coalition Board member Stephan Vance said other ambitious projects, including a route along to the San Diego River to near Qualcomm Stadium, will be designed by the end of next year.
“Let’s see how much of those we can get finished,” he said. Vance, who is also a regional planner with the San Diego Association of Governments, was speaking as a California Bike Coalition Board member.
These routes are expected to make riding safer so that people who are reluctant to ride will feel more confident, said Andy Hanshaw, the executive director of the Bike Coalition of San Diego County.
Vance seems both enthusiastic about the prospect of so much investment in bicycle infrastructure and wary about the possibility that the region might not follow-through on its promises to invest in the long-term. While funding is a concern, towards the bottom of the article, Assemblymember Toni Atkins rules out the possibility of raising these funds through a direct tax on bicyclists.
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