{"id":282268,"date":"2026-04-23T16:52:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/282268\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T16:52:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:52:06","slug":"bike-lanes-in-san-diego-used-much-more-than-claimed-san-diego-union-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/282268\/","title":{"rendered":"Bike lanes in San Diego used much more than claimed \u2013 San Diego Union-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Re \u201cEmpty bike lanes will be symbols of stubborn mayor\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/Empty bike lanes will be symbols of stubborn mayor\" rel=\"nofollow\">April 19<\/a>): The comment that \u201cresidents go weeks without seeing a single cyclist on those bike paths\u201d is crazy. I ride them at least five times a week. Because cyclists are not out when you happen to be in your car doesn\u2019t mean cyclists are not using them. On my bike or in my car, I see cyclists all the time.<\/p>\n<p>I agree that the 30th Street lanes could have been placed on a parallel street, but they are used all the time, and the businesses are still thriving and drivers are still finding parking spaces.<\/p>\n<p>Bikes free up spaces for cars on the road and\/or parking. A bike does not cause pollution and it\u2019s good for the rider. And finally, how much does a road improvement cost compared to a bike lane?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jay Warren, North Park<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Re \u201cEmpty bike lanes will be symbols of stubborn mayor\u201d (April 19): The comment that \u201cresidents go weeks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282269,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[1564,975,74,76,75],"class_list":{"0":"post-282268","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-letters-to-the-editor","9":"tag-opinion","10":"tag-san-diego","11":"tag-san-diego-headlines","12":"tag-san-diego-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}