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It's Time to Cap the Number of Scooters in San Diego
A motorized scooter in San Diego / Photo by Adriana Heldiz The city of San Diego led the way in embracing shared, alternative transportation options like dockless bikes and electric scooters to fight the effects of traffic congestion and climate change. It was a pioneer in providing San Diegans with reliable, clean and affordable alternatives to car rides for short trips.
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New Balboa Park Projects Lack Transparency and Design
Food trucks line Balboa Park on Friday nights throughout the summer. / Photo courtesy of the Balboa Park Cultural Partnership Balboa Park is a jewel in continuous need of attention and stewardship. It suffers from years of deferred maintenance with the estimated shortfall of $285 million and rising. Recent projects and improvements have become controversial, and the reasons are perhaps twofold. First, there’s no clear public process to discuss park proposals.
SDSU Needs a Stronger Vision for the Future of Mission Valley
A conceptual rendering of SDSU West’s river park plan / Image courtesy of SDSU Since asking for San Diego voters’ support in 2018, San Diego State University leaders have promised to redevelop Mission Valley’s prize stadium site with a vision that is nothing short of magnificent: to serve higher education, the public good and the community’s goals and aspirations for a vibrant, mixed-use, medium density, transit-oriented development.
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