May is National Bicycle Safety Month, and we’re back with another bike safety tip to help keep you rolling safely 🚲
This week’s tip focuses on checking and adjusting your brakes before heading out on the road. Swipe right to learn more!
Celebrate National Bike Month with San Diego FC and Circulate Planning & Policy by riding to the SDFC vs. FC Cincinnati game on May 16th and using our FREE bike valet service. We’ve got secure parking for your bike, scooter, or board so you can enjoy the match worry-free! Plus free lights and helmets for valet users.
Scan the QR code or head to the link in our bio and click “Upcoming Events” to RSVP.
Please help us welcome our summer Legal and Policy Fellow, Tania Ramirez to the team!
Click the link in our stories to get to know her better.
#intern #circulate #Planning #advocacy
California’s housing story is often told as one of constraint—long approval timelines, competing interests, and reforms that struggle to deliver housing at scale.
But every so often, a policy quietly reshapes the system.
In this episode of Building Better Cities, the conversation explores California’s Density Bonus Law and Circulate Planning and Policy’s new “Win-Win Bonus” report, which examines how an incentive-based approach became one of the state’s most effective tools for housing production and urban development.
Host Kate Gasparro speaks with Colin Parent of Circulate Planning and Policy about how Bonus Law evolved from a rarely used statute into a statewide housing production driver—how San Diego helped test and refine the model—and what that evolution reveals about the relationship between housing policy, infrastructure, and affordability.
The discussion also digs into the harder questions: where the policy performs well, where it falls short, and whether it adequately addresses the needs of middle-income households.
🎧 Full episode available now on Building Better Cities.
#HousingPolicy #UrbanPlanning #AffordableHousing #DensityBonus #CaliforniaHousing #UrbanDevelopment #BuildingBetterCities #CityPlanning #HousingCrisis #Infrastructure
We’re excited to introduce Carlisle Dockery, a Board Member, non-profit leader, and program partner. Carlisle has been with Cal Walks since 2023 and has served as the Board Vice President. She is currently the Board Secretary.
Carlisle Dockery (she/her) is the Director of Planning & Community Engagement at Circulate San Diego (Circulate). Carlisle has worked in the nonprofit sector for nine years and joined Circulate in October 2021. She has worked on projects addressing pedestrian and bicycle safety education, tactical urbanism, complete streets, transit ridership, age-friendly development, disaster recovery, and economic revitalization.
#walkbikesafety #pedestriansafety #bikesafety #activetransportation #calwalksboard
As we continue to celebrate National Bicycle Safety Month, it's important to learn the dangers of the door zone. Swipe to learn what the door zone is and how we can improve design for safer rides! 🚴♂️
May is National Bicycle Safety Month, a time to get back on your bike and ride safely! This month, we’ll be sharing quick tips each week to help you get rolling.
This week’s Bike Safety Tip focuses on the ABC Check, a quick way to inspect your bike before every ride. Swipe right to learn more!
This morning, Circulate Planning & Policy dropped an album! Bonus Tracks: Songs for Affordable Homes is perfect for fans of good policy and a good time! It also serves to highlight the success of California Bonus Law, which, if you read our latest report "Win-Win Bonus", you know is worth celebrating. And what better way to celebrate than a dance party?
Find us on Spotify and YouTube (link in story).
Celebrate National Bike Month with San Diego FC and Circulate Planning & Policy by riding to the SDFC vs. Austin FC game on May 13th and using our FREE bike valet service. We’ve got secure parking for your bike, scooter, or board so you can enjoy the match worry-free! Plus free lights and helmets for valet users.
Scan the QR code or head to the link in our bio and click “Upcoming Events” to RSVP.
