Community members formed a human barrier along 30th Street in North Park to protect bike riders during a family friendly ride.

SAN DIEGO — Local cycling activists with the San Diego Bike Coalition and BikeSD, as well as community members formed a human barrier along 30th Street in North Park to protect bike riders during a family-friendly ride on Saturday.



The barrier is intended to call on the city to install physical protection for cyclists if a bike lane is installed along 30th Street. Organizers met at Bird Park Saturday to bike along 30th Street.



Dozens of families with children rode along to demonstrate the need for a protected bike lane. They are asking the city of San Diego to install physical barriers in the form of a concrete curb, planters or flexible posts to help separate bicyclists from moving cars.