There were enough of us on the ride to pick up any other vehicle parked in the lane, I think...

At this point, the main parade is too much for me to attend, but the Pride Ride is a favorite event! So many good people, and so much support for my child doing the ride on their own bike!

@@RidingBikesinSanDiego your kid is awesome for riding their own bike 😎

When they were installing the 30th St lanes, the NIMBY protests where that people on bikes should "Just use Utah!" Nevermind that bike paths along businesses help those businesses, and never mind that a person on a bike shouldn't have to go blocks out of their way for drivers convenience. The irony is that whether you take 30th or Utah, they both bottom out to no infrastructure at all if you intend to go west from 30th. I don't think people on bikes should be relegated to just a few options. Every lane is a bike lane!

@Bikebuilder-vj9ln It's kinda funny, but one thing I've learned about the comments section is that people love to share their delusions often, when they should probably just explore therapy.

Oh, @dreamvillez. You might notice that I stop just like the driver of the car. But if you really want to learn more about bicycles and stop signs, here you go: www.calbike.org/bicycle-safety-stop-faqs/

Pages 48,49 and 50 of the California Driver's Handbook basically states, that they have the same rights AND responsibilities as other drivers.

Did you know that it's also illegal to keep Christmas lights up past Feb 2nd in San Diego, and people can get a $250 fine? And in San Francisco, elephants are prohibited from walking down Market street unless they are on a leash. Also in SF, it’s illegal to wipe off your car with used underwear. But let's pretend that laws are always about safety. @sdraven9954 Folks like you and @dreamvillez are so exhausting. This is about safety, and I'm navigating the intersection in a way that's safer than making a full stop (as is the driver).

@@RidingBikesinSanDiego thank you for admitting that you didn't come to a full stop. Can't expect everyone else to follow the rules if you yourself don't think you have to. No sympathy for me 🤷🏿‍♂️

@@RidingBikesinSanDiego I don't live in S.F. and I don't put up Christmas lights, but I do have a son that loves riding bikes and is learning to drive. Not everything is a fight. Peace.

I think that’s the point :) This is a rare positive exemplar ❤

Thanks! It's much better than it was back in Nov, but I still feel it daily.

Well, when drivers use the bike lane for their own personal storage, that's what happens. I'm sure you can imagine how the other drivers feel about that

@@RidingBikesinSanDiego that’s true well it must suck for people to take your bike lane space

Sure thing, @asdffdsa8863! These spaces that are safer and healthier for everyone, are better for local businesses, and also cost far less to build and maintain than infrastructure for cars "suck." You must be a car manufacturer or oil company. Thanks for watching!

I agree these bike lanes suck because cars are parked in them. Lots of improvements could be made so they no longer suck.

Looks like you shouldn't be at this channel.

​@@RidingBikesinSanDiego Bro, please don't be that entitled biker mad at cars? He might have a point. Either the road needs to be setup properly and/or the parking spots fixed to parallel. Someone could back into you from a parking spot the way it is.

@@RidingBikesinSanDiegoyour echo chamber leaking??

@RidingBikesinSanDiego If you want to discuss the flaws in design, we can totally do that. But drivers constantly call the for the wholesale removal of bike lanes, and that's not a solution to the design problems. I think that reevaluating the parking configuration in his section is a good step, but @neutralcommenter7800's "point" is just exclusionary design on one of the most traveled roads in the city.

@starfiter707 All kinds of comments are here. It's not an echo chamber. The call to simply remove bike lanes in favor of space for cars and trucks is dangerous, unhealthy, and just stupid.

Well, looks like you have a lot to learn about the history of roads, and how people actually move around cities. Thanks for watching!

@@RidingBikesinSanDiegolol facts

That's why these bike lanes were added 🤦‍♂️

It's the effort that counts, @davetorres3758. Half of the trips people take in cars are 3 miles or less. That's a very realistic distance to bike. Just about any bike with some kind of bag or basket can handle a trip to the grocery store, for example, to pick up what's needed to make meals for a couple of days. www.energy.gov/eere/vehicles/articles/fotw-1230-march-21-2022-more-half-all-daily-trips-were-less-three-miles-2021

Well, the planners create the possibility for this to happen. Drivers who park in the bike lane are still drivers parking in the bike lane. The people at the UPS store made choices.

@@RidingBikesinSanDiego - Yes, but in the defense of the UPS guys, there's a good chance the nearest actual legal place for them to park is probably a minimum of two blocks away. I sympathize with him. But I think bike lanes put cyclists in greater danger anyway, so...

@OnYourLeft This location has an alley in the back which the trucks could use without being in the bike lane. I sympathize with them as far as the companies that employee these people put unrealistic timing mandates on the drivers, forcing them into no-win situations. But giant corporations survive by taking advantage of public resources. Meanwhile, it's good that you say "I think" before "bike lanes put cyclists in greater danger," because data doesn't support that conclusion. That's some Vehicular Cyclists nonsense that's held back safe infrastructure projects for decades. John Forrester was not an expert in urban design; he's one of the most efficient shills the auto industry ever had. I've been saying this for years, but @thewaroncars just did an episode about it: thewaroncars.org/2024/07/09/131-vehicular-cycling-and-john-forester-part-1/

@@RidingBikesinSanDiego - Agreed about the delivery companies. I didn't know about the alley. I'm a vehicular cyclist when I don't have proper infrastructure. I'm against poor infrastructure, like a simple 3' painted gutter. But I definitely support larger cycle ways, like the ones I've ridden on in some places in California and some of the ones they have in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wm_o4ZsD01M.html I absolutely support infrastructure like that. I just wish city planners would think that way instead of trying to blend cyclists with motor vehicles or just link all the parks together with bike paths (that's what they do here in Vegas). I would never advocate against cycling infrastructure, but I would fight for better implementation. I also absolutely support slowing motor traffic down in most places. We drive way too fast. Regarding the data, my personal data says that I will get honked at, yelled at, or threatened 4 times in 12 years if I control one lane of a narrow 4-lane road, but if I ride along the edge of the same road in order to stay out of the way, I will get clipped many times and knocked down 3 times in a mere 3 months. I'd much rather be away from the cars if at all possible. But when I can't, I will do what I can to be seen and be safe. I gladly ride on the shoulder or out of the way when appropriate. And I'll ride with traffic when appropriate. I never heard of Forester until the other day. He had some good points and some bad points.

Totally! The only bikes that are a problem on the train are long-tail cargo bikes, or ones that have buckets on them. The big bikes don't fit in the space Amtrak designs for bikes. That said, I've trained with normal sized bikes and my Brompton without problems.

@@RidingBikesinSanDiego actually what im telling i is the mini gas bike?

@b-stodomingokenluii9202 Oh! I'm not sure their policy on those, but I'd imagine that they're not allowed. I think it's limited to bikes and ebikes.

That's usually my move, too.

lmao why didn't I think of that?!

I hear that in "stoner". The road designs here in the Boise area are so haphazard, that I'm sure that the planning meetings look/sound like a gathering of Jeff Spicoli, Bill & Ted, Wayne & Garth and all their buddies.

I just hear a guy on the phone in his car.

I just had to wash his feet, and vacuum out his shoes. It's hilarious!

@OnYourLeft Typed up like a true Vehicular Cyclist. John Forrester and his followers did more to make our roads dangerous than anyone since Robert Moses.

I hardly ever stop off when I'm riding, but it's not a bad idea. I just wish they had a bike rack.

Roads are designed on cognitive dissonance. A person on a bike should have no problem riding a few blocks out of the way, but drivers need to park right in front of their destination. It was a huge deal when they removed a parking lot from the plaza; now they need to remove that entire road for cars that cuts through the park.

@@RidingBikesinSanDiego when I was in SD earlier this year it absolutely amazed me that they hads to ensure you could drive through the park. it is LITERALLY called a park... park the damn car get out and walk, be in nature!

@@ablackney If so many drivers weren't lazy fat-@$$es they would be on bikes too.

@johnsampson2544 I'll concede that some folks need to drive, and we need deliveries and things like that. And there are serious conversation that need to be had about accessibility, and people who have mobility issues need access to public spaces. At the same time, I think that not every space needs to cater to people who are far away. I'm from Long Island, and I can count on one hand the amount of times I've been in Central Park. It's lovely. It's also a place I didn't bother using to the train to get to, and never drove to because I wouldn't have been able to park there. It was challenging for me to get there, and that's okay. It's a place that's used by the people who live near it. It doesn't need to accommodate me coming in from 20 miles away. It would be healthy for us to consider that not every space needs to be built to hold those commuting from longer distances.

​@@RidingBikesinSanDiegoI have family members with mobility issues. Believe me when I say those parking lots are not for the disabled. Properly designed public transit, and well designed protected bike lanes accommodate motorized wheelchairs much better than car dependent infrastructure and free storage for personal vehicles. The bus lane would have helped multitudes more disabled people make it to the park than that stupid parking lot.

It's especially dumb when there is another downtown network of two-way bike paths like 7 blocks down that same street.

I appreciate that feedback, and I'll try my best to pepper in other commentary. But this channel's primary mission is to show the experience of riding in San Diego so that the people living here (including the local politicians) can see the experiences and advocate for improvements. That said, there other sources I can try to reference, and I will.

People always mention that drivers might have guns. That's a possibility, but why pull out a gun when you can just use the weapon you're driving? People get a way with literal murder daily by using their cars instead of other weapons.

When I was a kid on Long Island, I relied on my bike to get everywhere, from age 7 until I was 16. Like most people, I then turned to a car in an auto-centric environment. But I started riding again in San Diego about 2010, specifically in response to how difficult it was to park. I'm happier and healthier for it, with more money in my pocket, too.

@MrRollingEgo What I wouldn't give to have a city like the ones you have other there!

I know of one of our local politicians who rides a bike regularly. It would help if more people who worked in the city also rode.

I've never slashed a tire. It's a bridge too far for me, but I understand when folks get to that point.