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CityNerd — California: The Delightful and the Rage-Inducing If ever there was a city that should be designed so that people can walk, bike and take transit to meet their daily needs, San Diego should be it. But why does the city make it so difficult — and is t...

SB 79 was signed into law the day after I left California. It’s because they knew this video was coming

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Screenshot of an Instagram reel from the city of San Diego showing a street lighting crew at work and a sign that says, "Another repair project funded by parking meter revenue"

Brilliant. The city made signs to show how parking meter revenue funds real, tangible improvements in the neighborhood. This is how you communicate the true cost of parking!

fuck—sorry to hear that

*Also not totally sure what model the FRED uses so it may also just have a special permit.

Shifting terms but bear with me: many “street-legal” golf carts have blinkers and mirrors but top out at 15 MPH, so they’re not legal on SD streets.

FRED is a special golf cart NEV/LSV (Neighborhood Electric Vehicle/Low-Speed Vehicle) which must be capable of 25 mph and req. DMV registration etc.

I've seen more and more popping up! Licensed and unlicensed.

I think they're a great solution for the micromobility curious but who are not ready to self propel. I have a senior neighbor who loves hers.

Unfortunately, I've seen more than one cart using the 30th St bike lane to avoid traffic 👀

I've taken an interest in golf carts and NEV/LSVs recently.

Fun fact: SD has an ordinance that limits traditional golf carts (think 15 mph or less) to the "Rancho Bernardo Golf Cart Zone" but by CA law SD could permit golf carts on any public roads with speeds 25mph or less *IF* they wanted to.

beat me to it!

Boontling - Wikipedia

I’ve always found boontling and the whole of Anderson Valley fascinating. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boontling

Monstrous and inhumane. Our neighbors are being tortured

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those centerlanes 🤤

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huh!

Looks mostly right. I think the single dot downtown looks sus as I’m not aware of any dedicated lanes through there. You might be missing one stop at Park Blvd / Zoo Dr but it is a dedicated bus lane on only one side.

Confirm. I'm getting lost in my threads but I think you were also looking for which MTS lines have dedicated lanes

7, 10 - partial on stretch of Uni
215 - partial on stretch of Park & El Cajon Blvd
235 (mostly HWY)
225 (but I don't think meets the 15 min peak freq)

I have Stop_IDs too, just DM me.

Not the faintest idea.

Yep--only stops on the 215 with bus-only lanes are shown here (or that was the goal 😅).

I also included stops from the 7 along Park since it meets the 15-min headways at peak.

I was mixed about adding in University for that exact reason. For me, it's vague and unclear.

My understanding is that counties will be ultimately responsible for developing and providing proposed SB79 maps to the state; so it'll be interesting to see what choices are made.

Nuance: Some SB79 zones *do* overlap with proposed historic districts; but, uh... 🤷‍♀️

Here in core SD (shown) there are some historic districts such as Mission Hills, part of Golden Hill, and Talmadge etc. But none of those show up in the SB 79 zones. Balboa Park will obviously not turning into housing, but that’s all I can think of offhand.

How'd I do?

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Map of central San Diego showing how SB79 may impact zoning near bus stops that might qualify for Tier 2 transit-oriented development stop

SD’s potential SB79 glow up assuming these 215, 235, 7, & 10 stops qualify under § 21060.2(a)(1). FYI: I don't think the 225 meets peak frequency?

Zoning Updates
Smaller Circle: 65ft height limit, FAR 3, 100 units/acre
Bigger Circle: 55ft height limit, FAR 2.5, 80 units/acre

It’s pronounced cyclist.

Guess I know what I'm doing this weekend 👀

OH, oh... OH! I see my mistake.

SB79 specifically calls out just 21060.2(a)(1). So even though 21060.2(a) says "...all of the following features...", SB79 is not requiring 2 through 5.

I was dumb and I cannot unsee it now. This changes everything.

Oh yeah, that's a hell of a different map.

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Mind spelling it out? My read was that the rapid stops don't meet the criteria for Tier 2 under 21060.2.

For Tier 3, it seemed unclear? Unless some definition of a "major transit stop" like say 21064.3 applies?

Not personally other than the range of existing maps flying around (i.e. uscssi.maps.arcgis.com/apps/mapview... and from our favorite friends pluribusgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/mapview...).

How come? Thoughts? Ideas? Happy to test something out.

Not exaggerating when I say that SB 79, a bill making it easier to build housing near mass transit, is the most consequential piece of legislation that the Democratic Party has passed all year. Saying no to the worst people in our coalition proves we're serious about the future.