Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Marin County

Marin County to Install Bicycle Sensors at 31 Intersections

By Pam MacLean | Aug 27, 2009 | 5 Comments

Flickr photo: crook inc Cyclists know all too well the frustration of traffic lights that only change when cars activate a ground sensor, but are not tripped when bicycles arrive. Now Marin County is about to give bike riders a green light. The county will install sensors at 31 intersections (PDF) in 10 cities so […]

SMART to Use Heavier Rail Cars

By Michael Rhodes | Jul 16, 2009 | 19 Comments

The SMART board decided against using light European-made cars like these Stadler GTW DMUs. Flickr photo: Daniel Sparing The Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) Board, in a 9-2 vote, has elected to use heavier, American-made rail cars instead of lighter, quieter, low-floored, European-made models that some of the directors originally favored. A report on […]

The Real Numbers on Golden Gate Bridge Bicycle Crashes

By Pam MacLean | May 6, 2009 | 16 Comments

Flickr photo: -kÇ- The Golden Gate Bridge draws thousands of tourists who walk and cycle on the span for its vistas of the city and the sunsets. Its sidewalks are also a major commute route for hundreds by daily bicycle commuters. And that means sometimes bicycles and pedestrians collide. Local news hounds have jumped to […]

Sausalito To Install Donated Bike Racks for Tourists

By Tom Murphy | Apr 22, 2009 | 2 Comments

A group of tourists visiting from Venezuela. Photo by Pam MacLean. What do you do when hundreds of cyclotourists descend on your bucolic village, clogging sidewalks with rented bikes? The Sausalito City Council is trying to quell a virulent public debate with a tried-and-true solution: install a lot of bike racks. The council voted 4-1 […]

Sausalito Bike Tourists a Boon, Not a “Plague of Locusts”

By Pam MacLean | Apr 17, 2009 | 12 Comments

Bicyclists disembark from the Sausalito ferry. Photo by Tom Murphy Amalia Pittier of Caracas, Venezuela spent a sunny day riding a rented bike across the Golden Gate Bridge to Sausalito with her two traveling companions, stopping to buy lunch and spend money shopping for gifts they will take home to family and friends. Little does […]

Marin’s Cal Park Tunnel To Open by February 2010

By Tom Murphy | Apr 2, 2009 | 7 Comments

Redwood timbers being ripped out of the old tunnel. Within a few weeks, there should literally be a light at the end of the Cal Park tunnel for cyclists commuting from San Rafael to the Larkspur ferry. Engineers are mucking out dirt and boulders on the collapsed south end of the 1,100-foot tunnel, making room […]

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