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Circulator - 02/21/2025

Circulator - 02/21/2025

Today: 30th Street Corridor Pedestrian Audit!

Join us today at 4 p.m. for a walk along the 30th Street Corridor in collaboration with the North Park Community Planning Group. We will be meeting at the North Park Community Park by Idaho Street and Polk Avenue.

We will split into two groups at Polk Avenue and 30th Street: one group will head north to Adams Avenue and 30th Street, while the other will head south to Upas Street and 30th. We'll meet back at the park afterwards to go over our observations.

This will be a long walk, so bring comfortable shoes!

RSVP HERE!

Brothers on Bikes Family-Friendly Ride

Circulate San Diego is partnering with Movement Matters Collective and several other community partners to host “Brothers on Bikes.”

Join us for a 10-mile bike ride at 9:00am on Saturday, March 1st! We will meet at MLK Community Park and bike along Paradise Valley Road, Meadowbrook Drive, Imperial Avenue, Skyline Drive, and more (with a pit stop for coffee along the way). Don't forget to visit all of the vendor booths in the park before and/or after the ride. Circulate will be gathering bike audit data to identify desired bicycle network improvements in the neighborhood that would increase safety and comfort for riders of all experience levels.

More Information & RSVP Here!

We want to help your project

At Circulate San Diego, we believe 2025 is the year to break ground on a brighter, more sustainable future. Let’s work together to get your sustainable growth project entitled and built with the Circulate Mobility Certification—San Diego’s trusted recognition for transit-oriented, sustainable developments.

Certified projects receive:

  • Formal Recognition: A letter of certification for elected officials, community groups, and decision-makers.
  • Marketing Boost: Use the Mobility Certification Seal in your outreach and communications.
  • Amplified Publicity: Featured in press releases, social media, our newsletter, and at Circulate events.
  • Support at Hearings: Independent public testimony from our team, advocating for your project.
More Info & Download Mobility Certification Application

The Future of the Purple Line Trolley

On February 13th, our CEO and General Counsel Colin Parent appeared on KPBS Evening Edition, and in an article with Andrew Bowen to discuss the future of the Purple Line, a proposed trolley route from the border through Kearney Mesa and Sorrento Mesa.

SANDAG recently completed a study of the proposed route, and found that it’s preferred project would cost $20 billion, a prohibitively expensive price tag. As a comparison, the recently completed Blue Line Mid-Coast Trolley Extension cost only $2 billion.

Circulate has long advocated for the Purple Line. Still, it is necessary for transit agencies to plan for projects that are realistic in their ambitions. The problem with a $20 billion Trolley is not that it would be “too nice,” but rather that at such a high cost, it would be so expensive as to never be built at all.

Info Session: Rapid Bus from El Cajon to UC San Diego

Make trips between El Cajon, Santee, Kearny Mesa, UTC, or UC San Diego?

SANDAG is planning a Rapid bus route between these communities and wants to hear from you.

Join them Tuesday, February 25 at 6 p.m. on Zoom to learn more and discuss what destinations you think this transit should take people to.

Register Here!

Circulate Praises San Diego City Council for Prioritizing Street Safety in FY2026 Budget Priorities

Circulate Policy Counsel Will Moore appeared at San Diego City Council’s February 10th budget hearing to praise the councilmembers for prioritizing street safety in their FY2026 budget memoranda.

Earlier this year, Circulate wrote to the councilmembers to encourage them to prioritize street safety and #FixtheFatal15. Even as our long-term policies improve, pedestrian fatalities in San Diego continue to rise. Fixing those intersections where the largest numbers of pedestrians die should be a major priority.

The City Budget is in a significant deficit for general funds. But fortunately, the City will receive annually tens of millions of formula funds from TransNet and Senate Bill 1 that must be spent on transportation infrastructure and have increased from prior years. The City can and should dedicate a share of these available funds to repair the most dangerous intersections in the city.

Circulate and Allies Call for Preservation of Award Winning ADU Bonus Program

In a letter to the Mayor and City Council, Circulate joined local and state partners in urging the city of San Diego to preserve its effective and award winning ADU bonus program.

San Diego's ADU bonus program has worked tremendously well at building middle income housing without public subsidies, a category that before the program’s inception saw virtually no production.

As the letter states, "The framework of the ADU Bonus Program makes sense. The new homes built are all located near transit where additional infill growth helps meet our city’s climate and mobility goals. The projects also adhere to building size and height requirements of the zone. About half of the homes are deed-restricted as affordable to lower and moderate-income households. Without these homes, we would have more San Diegans struggling to afford to live in our city."

Circulate and Vision Zero Allies Review San Diego’s Draft Street Design Manual and Prepare Comments

Circulate and our Vision Zero Coalition welcome the recent draft release of theupdated City of San Diego Street Design Manual. The public comment period on the proposed update is ongoing and the coalition continues to evaluate the improvements and draft its comments and responses.

In December 2023, thanks in significant part to the advocacy of Vision Zero Coalition members, the City Council updated theComplete Streets Policy, Council Policy 900-23, recommending this update consistent with current national standards. This update to the Street Design manual is one of the important steps mandated by that Council Policy.

Friends and allies with comments or suggestions on the draft Street Design Manual should contact Circulate’s Policy Counsel Will Moore so that the Vision Zero Coalition might consider incorporating that input into our public comment letter, which we will be sending to the City in the coming days.

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