Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Marin County

Cal Park Tunnel Opening Today Culminates Nearly Two Decades of Planning

By Tom Murphy | Dec 10, 2010 | 13 Comments

After 17 years of planning, the Cal Park tunnel will open to Marin County cyclists today, providing a shorter, safer route between San Rafael and the Larkspur Ferry for an estimated 800,000 riders a year. The 1.1-mile project includes class 1 bike lanes to connect the 1,106-foot bore with Sir Francis Drake Boulevard on the […]

Cyclists Celebrate Reopening of Upper Conzelman Road in Marin Headlands

By Tom Murphy | Nov 22, 2010 | 5 Comments

Despite the threat of thunderstorms, scores of cyclists climbed the Marin Headlands on Saturday as the Golden Gate National Recreation Area celebrated the completion of the first year of a four-year effort to upgrade roads for cyclists, cars and pedestrians. Only about 20 riders showed up for a 9 a.m. group ride, but dozens of […]

Ride Will Celebrate Reopening of Upper Conzelman Road in Marin Headlands

By Pam MacLean | Nov 19, 2010 | 7 Comments

The mother of all views of the Golden Gate Bridge has to be the ride up and over Conzelman Road on the Marin headlands west of the bridge. On Saturday morning, cyclists get the first shot at a group ride – without cars – up Conzelman kicking off at 9 a.m. The ride celebrates the […]

Landscapers Used Banned Pesticide on New Marin County Bike Path

By Tom Murphy | Aug 4, 2010 | 2 Comments

Photo: MCBC Marin County’s ribbon cutting and celebratory ride Monday in the Alameda del Prado bike lanes – a long-missing link in the county’s North-South bikeway – was followed by the revelation that landscapers used a weedkiller banned under the county’s strict pesticide law. The $950,000 project closed a mile-long gap between Ignacio Boulevard and […]

Engineers Lay Out Costs of Reopening Alto Tunnel to Bicyclists

By Pam MacLean | Dec 10, 2009 | 16 Comments

Deb Hubsmith of MCBC addressing Public Works Asst. Chief Craig Tackaberry (far left). Photo by Tom Murphy. Addressing a crowd of more than 100 people Wednesday, engineers said it could cost $40 million to $52 million to reopen the crumbling 125-year-old railroad tunnel between Mill Valley and Corte Madera for cyclists. The nearly half-mile-long Alto […]

Marin County Bike Co-Op ‘A Community Hub for Culture and Technology’

By Pam MacLean | Sep 1, 2009 | 3 Comments

The Bicycle Works grand opening celebration August 9. Flickr photo: cproppe Pairing environmentalism with a do-it-yourself ethic, a couple of guys who live the bike culture opened Marin County’s first co-op bike repair shop, Bicycle Works, and already have people clamoring to sign up. Less than a month after the grand opening Aug. 9, "Spokey" […]

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