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Circulator - 06/20/2025

Circulator - 06/20/2025

Momentum Awards Nominations are Open!

Nominations are now open for Circulate San Diego’s annual Momentum Awards. Our Momentum Awards honor the people and projects in the San Diego region that are advancing excellent mobility choices and vibrant, healthy neighborhoods.

Categories include:

Safe Streets and Vision Zero Award
Public Transit Connectivity Award
Sustainable Growth Award
Innovation Award
Advocate Award
Public Voice Award
Mid-Coast Award

Learn about award criteria and nominate your favorite project, agency, company, or individual by 5:00 pm on August 15, 2025. You are encouraged to self-nominate and to nominate a client's project.

Don't wait! Submit your nominations today!

Intro Spotlight: Hannah Bollinger

Join us in welcoming our new intern, Hannah Bollinger! As is our tradition, we interviewed her so our supporters and members can get to know her.

Read her spotlight here!

Thanks for Joining Our Summer Membership Mixer!

We’re grateful to everyone who attended our Summer Membership Mixer.

A special thank you to our speakers: Sharon Cooney, CEO of San Diego MTS; Councilmember and MTS Chair Stephen Whitburn; and Mayor Todd Gloria. We appreciated their thoughtful remarks and their leadership on transit and housing—key issues for making San Diego a better place to live, work, and get around.

Thanks as well to our corporate sponsors and individual members who joined us. Together, we’re advancing better mobility options and building vibrant, healthy neighborhoods.

Save the Date: Our next big event is the Momentum Awards on November 15. Don’t miss it.

Get your tickets or become a sponsor!

Save the Date: Imperial Beach’s Movie in the Park and Farmers Market!

Save the date for Imperial Beach’s Movie in the Night on Friday, June 19th from 6:00 PM-8:00 PM and for their Farmer’s Market on Saturday, June 20th from 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Both events will be hosted at Veterans Park in Imperial Beach. At both events, Circulate will be demonstrating a temporary daylighting installment that also serves as temporary bike parking!

We will be talking to residents regarding the new daylighting laws that are now in effect and will be showcasing an infrastructure that the City of Imperial Beach is hoping to permanently install around the city. We hope to see you all there!

Save the Date: University Heights Bike Audit!

In collaboration with BikeSD, join us for a Bike Audit in University Heights!

We will be meeting at Old Trolley Barn Park on Saturday, June 28 at 10:00 AM for a four-mile ride along Madison Avenue, 30th Street,University Avenue, and Park Boulevard. We will be documenting the cycling conditions for the Get-it-Done and Bike Lane Uprising reports.

RSVP HERE!

Circulate Summer Legal Interns Speak at City Council ADU Hearing

On Monday, June 16, 2025, Circulate legal interns Sean Duffy-Polanco and Hannah Bollinger spoke at the San Diego City Council meeting addressing the City’s proposed accessible dwelling unit (ADU) policy. The interns highlighted how a lack of available housing and high rents have led to long commutes and concerns about whether homeownership will be possible for San Diego’s first-time and low-income homebuyers.

Their comments focused on the City’s proposal to allow ADUs for-sale, which Circulate has argued will create new and welcomed opportunities for affordable home ownership. Circulate has also published data showing that currently, the City of San Diego is producing fewer ADUs per capita compared to its peers.

The City Council received over 180 requests for public comment, and the majority of public commenters spoke in favor of limiting ADU construction. Ultimately, the City Council voted to amend the City’s ADU policy at a vote of 5 to 4.

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