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What 20 Percent of Trips by Bike Looks Like in Aarhus, Denmark

By Aaron Bialick | May 8, 2012 | 3 Comments

It can be hard to imagine what San Francisco’s streets would look like if the city reaches its official goal of having 20 percent of trips by bike by 2020. As SF begins rolling out protected bike lanes like the one on JFK Drive, there’s some skepticism out there as to whether the dream of […]

Mapped: Dramatic Changes on London Streets in the Congestion Pricing Era

By Tanya Snyder | May 2, 2012 | No Comments

Change in car use, 2001-2010. Source: ITO World For the last nine years, private motorists entering central London between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. have paid a fee (currently £10 or US$16.22) to drive on the city’s scarce street space. The revenue from the congestion charge is plowed into the city’s transit system, and as […]

JFK Protected Bike Lanes Get Seal of Approval From the Bike-Savvy Dutch

By Aaron Bialick | May 1, 2012 | 24 Comments

This year’s celebration of the Dutch Queen’s Day in San Francisco was a bit special. When the event’s 100-or-so celebrants traversed the city by bike in the second annual “Market-to-Mill” ride (Market Street to the Dutch windmill in Golden Gate Park, a.k.a the Bay to Beach route), the orange-clad caravan traveled through San Francisco’s first bicycle […]

Hit-and-Run Berkeley Driver Caught on Camera Injuring Two Bicyclists

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 27, 2012 | 23 Comments

Footage of an egregious hit-and-run crash where a driver injured two bicyclists in Berkeley was posted online by one of the victims yesterday. The man who recorded the incident, identified on Youtube as “Bruno,” wrote in the video’s description that police have found the car and the owner, but that he is “waiting for the […]

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East Bay BRT EIR Approved, Final Agreements Set for June

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 27, 2012 | 7 Comments

Bus rapid transit (BRT) between Oakland and San Leandro in the East Bay cleared a major hurdle this week after AC Transit unanimously approved the project’s environmental impact report. Agreements with the cities of Oakland and San Leandro must still be finalized in June before the project can officially break ground. “This plan represents a […]

San Diego Police: Unless the Cyclist Is Killed, Top Penalty Is a Ticket

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 27, 2012 | No Comments

It’s been interesting to watch the scrutiny building around how police handle collisions between cyclists and drivers in New York City. It’s become something of a scandal the way devastating or fatal crashes involving cyclists are rarely prosecuted or even investigated. Sadly, New York is certainly not alone in this respect. Today we have a […]

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