Andrew Bowen (he/him)

Amid San Diego's high transportation costs, some manage to find relief San Diego households spend more on transportation than almost every other metro area in the country. The culprit, experts say, is the automobile.

San Diego has the third highest transportation cost burden in the country.

The reason? Cars, of course! www.kpbs.org/news/economy...

Ben did some really good and honest coverage of the MPOX outbreak in the early days, when few other journalists were paying attention. Seeing him devolve into a tool of the anti-trans movement is sad and disappointing.

No idea! The poll started asking questions about how to “strengthen democracy” in very vague and confusing ways, then pivoted to asking about ID requirements.

Just got a text message opinion poll on a ballot initiative to establish voter ID requirements in California.

Pacific Beach has seen two hit-and-run traffic deaths in the span of three weeks.

CHAD MICHAELS !!!!!!!!!!

The bike counters on 30th Street logged maybe 1% of the San Diego cyclists who rode in memory of Alex Pretti today.
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Cannot emphasize enough how these humble little lanes have transformed my relationship to the neighborhood for the better. I explore the neighborhood so much more, I visit businesses more often because it’s that much easier to get there quickly, I commute by bike more often because it feels safer.

30th Street bike lanes in North Park saw record ridership in 2025 Bike and scooter trips on 30th Street have jumped 15% since the installation of protected bike lanes in 2021. Foot traffic and business activity also appear to be thriving.

San Diego installed bike lanes on a busy commercial street in North Park in 2021. Ridership jumped 67% the next year.

Now, 4 years later, bike and scooter trips on 30th Street have hit another record high. Foot traffic and business activity is also booming. www.kpbs.org/news/quality...

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Protest planned in San Diego on Saturday against Rady Children’s Hospital halting gender-affirming care for minors www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/01/20/r...

Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026

Welcome 🤗

The Times went to non urban Minnesota to ask people why they dislike urban Minneapolis. If someone were to ask me to teach a journalism school course on helicopter reporting, this story - so cliche it’s almost hard to believe they really did this - would immediately go on the syllabus.

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

Surviving CECOT | FRONTLINE | PBS | Official Site | Documentary Series The story of three Venezuelan men branded as gang members and deported to CECOT.

BTW. While we're making a big deal about the censored 60 minutes report, worth noting the PBS Frontline report on CECOT is online and can be watched free. Trump *tried* to destroy PBS as he did 60 minutes, & did manage to kill the 58-year-old CPB, but PBS so far survives. www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...

really cannot be emphasized enough that bari weiss has literally never done journalism. i don’t mean that in the pejorative sense. i mean that in the “has never performed the job she was hired to do” sense

I’m pretty sure free replacement bins are built into the new system!

Incredible work by San Diego’s Department of Environmental Services. No notes.
#trashlanes

They updated the website today to remove the word "independent"

Before (left), after (right)

SDPD Watch Commander's Log Page 1 of 1 Incident: 18366 BegDateTime: 12/13/25 23:06 EndDateTime: Beat: 242 Watch Commander: Sgt. C. Leisz Location: Camino Ruiz/Hydra Lane Neighborhood: Mira Mesa Type: Fatal Collision Synopsis: A 40-year-old male was driving his white 2020 Chevy Traverse northbound on Camino Ruiz. An approximately 15-year-old male pedestrian was in the intersection of Camino Ruiz and Hydra Lane. It is unknown what direction the pedestrian was traveling. The vehicle impacted the pedestrian in the intersection. The pedestrian, who has yet to be identified, sustained fatal injuries. The driver was not injured. Driving under the influence is not suspected of the driver of the vehicle. The area was foggy at the time of the collision. Traffic Division is handling the investigation. Anyone with information related to the above incident(s) is encouraged to call the listed Command handling the investigation or Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.

Aerial image of arterial road intersection

SUV driver struck and killed a 15-year-old boy who was attempting to cross Camino Ruiz in Mira Mesa. The intersection is a lawful crossing but has no marked crosswalk. #VisionZero

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

Interesting, thanks for correcting the record!

BONUS: Hasan Ikhrata As the CEO of San Diego County's transportation planning agency, SANDAG, Hasan Ikhrata has done more than anyone else to shake up the conversation around our freeways. Ikhrata has pushed his own board...

Sorry I'm 2 years late to this!!! Listen to this interview with Hasan Ikhrata, the head of San Diego's regional transportation agency.

This is what transportation leadership in the public sector sounds like!!

www.kpbs.org/podcasts/fre... @acbowen.bsky.social

*former head, he announced his resignation shortly after the episode came out…

Thanks for listening!!

Smoking rates seem relatively high in the Netherlands, I have to assume that counteracts the health benefits from cycling to some extent.

Many Americans Are Open to Car-Free Living — Human Transit Is Americans a “car culture” or are they “car dependent”?  Do they drive because they love driving, or are they in an unhealthy relationship with a substance it would be happy to do without?  Obviousl...

An astonishing percentage of Americans are open to car-free living.

The problem isn't attitudes. The problem is the failure to invest in viable options.

humantransit.org/2025/12/many...

Consultants contracted by Minnesota found that an eight-story single-stair building with 6,000 sq. ft. per floor (building 4) has dramatically lower fire risk than a same-height code-compliant two-stair building with a larger floor plate (building 1) www.dli.mn.gov/sites/defaul...

SDPD Watch Commander's Log Page 1 of 1 Incident: 13855 BegDateTime: 12/10/25 17:35 EndDateTime: Beat: 233 Watch Commander: Woodell Location: 12900 Salmon River Road Neighborhood: Rancho Penasquitos Type: Fatal Traffic Accident Synopsis: A 60 year old male (P2) was riding his bicycle, on the right side of the lane, northbound on 12900 Salmon River Road. A 51 year old female (P1) was driving a 2019 Toyota Camry vehicle (V1) northbound on 12900 Salmon River Road. P1 did not see P2 and V1 impacted the rear tire of the bicycle. P2 was pronounced deceased on scene. P1 was not injured. Alcohol was not a factor. Traffic Division officers investigated the accident. Anyone with information related to the above incident(s) is encouraged to call the listed Command handling the investigation or Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.

Driver struck and killed a 60-year-old cyclist who was riding on a neighborhood street in Rancho Peñasquitos. #VisionZero

San Diego Unified’s Housing Push Is a Big Deal. Should It Be Even Bigger? With a slate of new projects, San Diego Unified could nearly double the number of education workforce housing units built on school property across California. Now, as district leaders prepare to gree...

San Diego Unified’s board will tonight vote on the largest slate of education workforce housing projects ever considered in California. Some are pushing them to ignore a staff recommendation and go even bigger. Tonight, they might vote to do just that.