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San Diego’s Other Affordability Problem
San Diego’s expensive housing is a big problem for the city. But it isn’t the city’s only affordability problem. Residents are also plagued by the fact that, unlike many large cities, owning a car and...
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Relying on Rideshare Is Still Steeper Than Owning a Car
Don’t be too swayed by the sharing economy just yet. Getting around solely by rideshare is still more expensive than owning a car. Finance site NerdWallet crunched the numbers for cities across the...
View ArticleHere’s How You’ll Get to Work in 2035, San Diego
After years of civic leaders trumpeting the importance of building new homes near transit and jobs, San Diego is committing to changing the way residents get to work. The changes are part of the city’s...
View ArticleSANDAG Board Member: My Constituents Want More Freeway Off-Ramps, Not Trolleys
As expected, the regional planning agency SANDAG will appeal to the state Supreme Court a ruling that says its long-term transportation plan doesn’t meet state requirements to lower greenhouse gas...
View ArticleBehind the Lone Vote Against SANDAG’s Big Transportation Plan
The lone no vote shouldn’t have even been there. SANDAG’s board of directors voted 20-1 last week to appeal its long-term transportation plan to the state Supreme Court. Chuck Lowery was the one. Two...
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The Bizarre Unity of the SANDAG Board
After a second court earlier this month ruled SANDAG’s long-term transportation plan violated state requirements to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the regional planning agency’s board voted...
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Mission Valley Keeps Getting More Roads – and More Traffic
Any San Diegan knows Mission Valley at rush hour is a gridlocked mess. At the intersection of Friars Road and Frazee Road, eight lanes of cars wait at red lights, backed up hundreds of feet waiting to...
View ArticleFormer Planning Director: SANDAG Ruling Got it Wrong
San Diego’s former planning director Bill Fulton is now working in Texas, but he still keeps close tabs on planning and development in California. Earlier this week, he posted a piece on his blog that...
View ArticleFour Things to Know About Uber, Lyft and Lindbergh Field
Uber and Lyft, those taxi-like services that summon rides in an instant, are revolutionizing personal transportation and freaking out cab companies. But in San Diego, one place is a no-go zone, at...
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Sheriff’s Dept. Is Trying to Arrest People Before They Commit Major Crimes
Three dozen sheriff’s officers and Metropolitan Transit System security officers board the trolley as it pulls into Lemon Grove station. They go car to car, person to person, checking that everyone...
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Trolley Cops Mostly Swarm These Two Areas
San Diego’s trolley operator, the Metropolitan Transit System, does routine fare checks – where a security guard scans people’s trolley passes to make sure they’ve paid – every day. Then there’s...
View ArticleThe State of San Diego’s Surveillance State
Law enforcement agencies across the state have had to grapple with realignment, the 2011 law that ushered many non-violent, non-serious offenders out of prison. But San Diego County is alone, it...
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I’m a Middle-Aged White Woman. The Sheriff Didn’t Ask Me If I Was on Probation.
Lemon Grove, our sleepy little suburb, has been the scene of regular, large-scale police actions since July. Every month or so, our trolley station is the scene of multiple law enforcement agency...
View ArticleSan Diego Explained: Operation Lemon Drop
The Sheriff’s Department has started setting up large-scale, public dragnets at trolley stations to catch ex-inmates breaking the law. Voice of San Diego’s Andrew Keatts reported this week on the...
View ArticleWhat San Diego’s Young Adults Want (and What They Don’t)
Surveys show young people in San Diego are doing more driving, not less. But the jury’s still out on whether that means they don’t care about transit, or whether the city’s just not meeting their...
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400 Steps for San Diegans, a Giant Leap for Commuters
Direct service from the trolley to San Diego International Airport is finally on the cusp of reality. Give or take 400 feet and a highway crossing. Come October, Green Line trolley passengers will be...
View Article(Ride) Sharing Is Caring (for the Environment)
San Diego has been long committed to reducing air emissions and making quality of life better for future generations. One way we can do that is by encouraging carpooling. Gov. Jerry Brown spoke at a...
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Rapid Bus Isn’t as Rapid as Everyone Hoped
El Cajon Boulevard has a ways to go before it becomes the transit corridor planners envision. Now close to a year old, the Mid-City Rapid 215 hasn’t made taking the bus any easier, keeping the...
View ArticleAirport Must Encourage People Not to Use New Parking Garage
San Diego International Airport officials are expected to get the green light this week to build an $80 million mega parking structure on North Harbor Drive – with a curious caveat. They must encourage...
View ArticleSANDAG Floats Tax Hike But It’s Liberals Who Are Balking
Funding the San Diego region’s 35-year transportation plan might rely on support from groups who don’t like the San Diego region’s 35-year transportation plan. A bunch of major projects in that plan...
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