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Bicyclists To Rally To Demand More Paths In Coronado

By Dwane Brown / KPBS Evening Edition Anchor/Reporter

Published October 16, 2015 at 1:20 PM PDT

This story was published more than 9 years ago.

Bicyclists To Rally To Demand More Paths In Coronado

Bicyclists on Saturday will roll through Coronado in an effort to gain support for more bike lanes.

The San Diego County Bike Coalition planned the event after the City Council suspended an idea to add 12 miles of bike paths to the city of Coronado. The proposal is a part of the city's 2011 Bike Master Plan.

Andy Hanshaw, executive director of the coalition, is asking the City Council to move forward with its master plan.

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"Coronado can be congested and this would help ease that congestion," Hanshaw said. "In addition, we know that bikes bring business to small businesses in particular. You can see that when tourists ride around there and visitors come over on the ferry, they go over there to spend money."

According to the coalition, 70 percent of students bike or walk to school. But between 2005 and 2012, there were 803 collisions between bicycles and cars, motorcycles or trucks.

"We think it makes sense to add more bike safety enhancements to attract more bicycle riders," Hanshaw said. "That will help everybody on the roadway."

Mayor Casey Tanaka plans to put the issue before voters in 2016.

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Dwane Brown

Brown started his career with KPBS in the early '90s as a radio anchor and reporter before expanding his broadcast news experience at CBS radio and television in New York. He’s been a news director, anchor, reporter and correspondent in San Francisco and has worked as a writer, producer, assignment editor and talk show host. He returned to KPBS in 2005. As the former anchor for KPBS Evening Edition, Brown provided an in-depth look at issues and stories relevant to San Diego. He spent nearly seven years as anchor/host of Morning Edition on KPBS Radio. Between 2006 and 2010, the San Diego Press Club named Brown "Best Morning Newscaster" in San Diego Radio. In 2006, the Society of Professional Journalists also named him "Best Morning Newscaster." During that time he managed and taught a two-week high school boot camp for aspiring radio reporters at KPBS in conjunction with the California Chicano News Media Association. Brown studied English/Journalism at San Diego State University and is a Fast Trac graduate from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. He’s a popular public speaker and Toastmaster International member. He’s been master of ceremonies for the American Red Cross, VA Medical Center San Diego, Urban League, San Diego Office of Emergency Services and numerous foundations. Brown is also a voice actor for movie, documentary, television, radio and Internet projects.

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