Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bay Area Bicycle Coalition

Get Ready to Celebrate Bike to Work Day in the Bay Area

By Bryan Goebel | May 12, 2010 | 12 Comments

Smiling bicyclists enjoy Bike to Work Day 2009. Photo: Bryan Goebel Some bicycle advocates have called 2010 the year of the bike. Across the country, cities are seeing growing numbers of people biking, and in the Bay Area tomorrow, that pedal power will be on vivid display for Bike to Work Day. Last year in […]

A Progress Report on State-Level Oil Dependence

By Elana Schor | Aug 11, 2009 | 1 Comment

NRDC’s depiction of how hard states are hit by gas costs, ranked by percentage of income spent. America’s oil addiction is readily acknowledged, even by its biggest enablers. But what is the nation actually doing to kick the habit and embrace a safer, healthier, more realistic energy future? An attempt to answer that question was […]

Advocates Say MTC Proposal Short-Changes Regional Bike Network

By Matthew Roth | Jun 22, 2009 | 5 Comments

Photo: Michael Patrick Bicycle advocates are upset that the first draft of a spending plan to come out of the Metropolitan Transportation Agency’s (MTC) 25-year Change in Motion regional transportation blueprint falls far short on proposed funding for the regional bicycle network. They say the MTC is failing to demonstrate a commitment to bicycles. According […]