Transportation

BAYSHORE BIKEWAY FACT SHEET

Overview Bayshore Bikeway will be extended from J The Bayshore Bikeway is envisioned as a Street to the Chula Vista Marina and north separated bike path that will extend to the existing bike path at E Street. 24 miles around Bay. Planning The planned Barrio Logan segment of the for the bikeway began in the 1970s. In bikeway extends from 32nd Street north 2006, SANDAG updated the Bayshore to Park Boulevard. When finished, it will Bikeway Plan and identified an alignment complete a major portion of the loop that uses railroad, utility, and other public along the east side of San Diego Bay. This rights-of-way. About 17.5 miles of the project is funded with a combination of bikeway have been built to date. funds from TransNet and the state Active Construction of the bikeway is paid for by Transportation Program. Final design is federal, state, and local funds, including underway and construction is scheduled to the regional TransNet half-cent sales tax for be completed in December 2021. transportation, administered by SANDAG. Bikeway Milestones The Bayshore Bikeway is a regional asset The first leg of the bikeway was built in that also is part of the Coastal 1976 when National City received $50,000 Trail, an initiative of the State Coastal from SANDAG to widen the Chollas Creek Conservancy to create a 1,200-mile Bridge on Drive. The following year, network of public trails from Oregon to the Bay Route Bikeway Steering Committee Mexico. The bikeway takes riders through was formed by the County of San Diego some of the most scenic areas in San and the cities of Coronado, Imperial Diego County, as well as to employment Beach, Chula Vista, National City, and San centers around San Diego Bay. Diego. As a result of their efforts, the state Legislature passed Senate Bill 283, which Future Construction provided about $1 million for bikeway A total of $3,023,000 from federal and construction. By 1983, nearly $1.5 million state agencies, TransNet sales tax, and the had been spent to build the bikeway on County of San Diego is programmed to unused railroad right-of-way along the plan, design, and construct an extension Silver Strand in Coronado and on Harbor of the bike path that currently ends at 401 B Street, Suite 800 Drive in the City of San Diego. Palomar Street in Chula Vista; construction San Diego, CA 92101 (619) 699-1900 of this segment is anticipated to begin Development of the bikeway gained further Fax (619) 699-1905 in January 2021. The remaining gap that momentum when the Bayshore Bikeway sandag.org continues to Main Street will be completed Working Group was formed in 1989. The

SANDAGregion pending the outcome of a proposed group consists of an elected official from private development in the area. The rest the County of San Diego and each of SANDAG of the planned bikeway in Chula Vista the five cities around the bay, as well as

SANDAGregion will be finished in conjunction with future representatives from the San Diego Unified redevelopment of the city’s bayfront. As Port District and the biking community. SANDAGregion a condition of the redevelopment, the (Continued on reverse) BAYSHORE BIKEWAY

»» In 2015, a 0.6-mile extension of the Bayshore Bikeway was completed along San Diego BROADWAY 32ND STREET Harbor Drive between 32nd Street and

MARKET STREET Vesta Street. Built within the City of HARBOR DRIVE MAIN STREET FERRY HARBOR DRIVE San Diego, this segment is the first phase

HARBOR DRIVE VESTA ST of construction for a project that will CORONADO LANDING eventually connect to the existing bike 75 NATIONAL CITY BLVD. National City

282 CIVIC CENTER DR. ORANGE AVE. ORANGE GLORIETTA path in National City and the Gordy CORONADO HOOVER ST. Coronado GOLF COURSE BLVD. Shields Bridge over the Sweetwater River. TIDELANDS AVE. 54

5TH AVENUE

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NATIONAL CITY MARINA BROADWAY »» In February 2018, the northern half San Diego Bay 32ND ST. of the National City segment was

Sweetwater Channel E STREET

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H STREET MARINA PARKWAY a 1-mile separated bike path along Pacific Ocean J STREETChula Vista CHULA VISTA MARINA Harbor Drive from the National City boundary south to Civic Center Drive and Tidelands Avenue. The SANDAG SD&AE RAILROAD R/W SILVER STRAND STATE BEACH PALOMAR STREET project also installed one mile of bike

STELLA AVE.

MAIN STREET lanes on Tidelands Avenue and 0.2

BAYSHORE BIKEWAY SATURN BLVD. BIKE PATH / Sendero para bicicletas 75 miles of shared lane markings on W ON-STREET LANE/ROUTE / Carril/ruta sobre la calle 32nd Street as an interim facility while CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS / Proyectos de construcción 75 the Port District plans the final bike PALM AVE. PLANNED PROJECTS / Proyectos planeados path connection south of Civic Center

0 3,000 6,000 Drive in conjunction with their plans FEET / Pies Imperial Beach for redevelopment of the National City 3942 3/18 bayfront. GObyBIKEsd.com #GObyBIKEsd

With the leadership of the Bayshore Bikeway Regional Collaboration Working Group, the Port District, the Construction of the Bayshore Bikeway City of Imperial Beach, Caltrans, and the requires collaboration between local, City of San Diego completed 4 miles of the regional, state, and federal agencies, as well Bayshore Bikeway between 1993 and 2012. as public and private property owners. The bikeway crosses through land or easements In 2011, SANDAG began construction on the owned by the U.S. Navy, Port District, Bayshore Bikeway and has since completed Metropolitan Transit System, and others. the following projects: For More Information »» In March 2012, SANDAG completed a Visit KeepSanDiegoMoving.com/ 1.8-mile segment of the bikeway between BayshoreBikeway or contact Senior Public Palomar Street and H Street in Chula Vista Outreach Officer, Brandy Sweitzer, in partnership with the City of Chula Vista at [email protected] or and the . (619) 595-5610.

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