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Council Debate Over Sausalito Bicycle Tax Postponed to April

By Pam MacLean | Mar 17, 2010 | 34 Comments

Photo: Bike and Roll San Francisco Growing tension over how, or even whether, Sausalito can accommodate the flood of summer tourists riding rented bicycles into the village spawned a plan by one city councilman to convert four auto parking spots to bike parking. Subsequently, there has been talk of a one-dollar tax on rental bikes […]

Standing Up to Sit-Lie

By Chris Carlsson | Mar 17, 2010 | 64 Comments

Hippies and punks have been sitting on Haight Street for almost a half century. Will they soon be criminals? (Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, via http://foundsf.org) As San Francisco moves closer to a decision on a new sit-lie ordinance that proponents say would facilitate the SFPD’s clearing of unsavory elements off of sidewalks in neighborhoods like […]

Bicycling Activism in Quito, Ecuador: An Interview with Heleana Zambonino

By Chris Carlsson | Feb 23, 2010 | 5 Comments

Heleana Zambonino conducting a basic bicycling skills class at Sunday Streets in Guadalajara, Mexico, Sept. 2009. In Guadalajara last September I met dozens of cycling activists from around Mexico, and one remarkable woman from Quito, Ecuador, Heleana Zambonino. While riding in a big Critical Mass in Guadalajara, she told me about the cycling scene in […]

SFBC Director Leah Shahum to Write for Streetsblog from Amsterdam

By Bryan Goebel | Feb 22, 2010 | 3 Comments

By now, you’ve probably heard that SFBC Executive Director Leah Shahum is taking an eight-month sabbatical to one of the world’s great cycling cities, Amsterdam. Shahum will be missed by many during her absence, but I’m excited to announce today that she’ll be chronicling her experiences and thoughts from Amsterdam for Streetsblog San Francisco. "I’m […]

Study: Even in Car-Centric Atlanta, Transport Reform is Health Reform

By Elana Schor | Feb 16, 2010 | 1 Comment

The connection between transportation reform — an emphasis on land use that makes biking and walking as viable as auto travel for routine trips — and health reform is one that’s not often made, despite the best efforts of the Obama administration. Even in traffic-choked Atlanta, denser residential neighborhoods had positive health effects. (Photo: MSNBC) […]

Biking to Work with Seattle’s Mayor Mike McGinn

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Feb 16, 2010 | 2 Comments

When Seattleites elected a new mayor at the end of 2009, they really went for a breath of fresh air. In the general election, Mayor Mike McGinn, who rides a bike to work daily, was outspent nearly four to one. The race was very close, but with an energetic volunteer base — and a campaign […]

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