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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 […]

Coalition of California Advocates Headed to Sacramento to Save Transit

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 26, 2012 | 3 Comments

Members of a broad coalition hailing from throughout California are headed to Sacramento next week to push policymakers to save transit funding and enact sustainable transportation planning reforms. The Oakland-based transit advocacy group TransForm has amassed about 150 advocates to descend on the capitol for its two-day Transportation Choices Summit, the first known event of its […]

It’s Not That Hard to Find People Who Like the JFK Bikeway

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 25, 2012 | 120 Comments

Much has been made about the “strangeness” of San Francisco’s first parking-protected bike lane in Golden Gate Park, which employs the type of design that other American cities are increasingly using to improve safety and raise bicycling rates. As someone who lives next to Golden Gate Park, I’ve been going out of my way to […]

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San Francisco: Reclaiming Streets With Innovative Solutions

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Apr 25, 2012 | No Comments

Tom Radulovich, the executive director of the local non-profit Livable City, describes the recent livable streets achievements in San Francisco as “tactical urbanism” — using low-cost materials like paint and bollards to reclaim street space. That willingness to experiment was a big reason that the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) gave its 2012 Sustainable Transport Award to San […]

In Silicon Valley, an Emerging Bike Movement

By Bryan Goebel | Apr 20, 2012 | 7 Comments

Editor’s note: This story marks the return of former Streetsblog San Francisco editor Bryan Goebel, who will be contributing occasional pieces. Bicycle advocacy can be an especially daunting challenge in the South Bay and the Peninsula, where car-centric policies and culture rule the day. At this week’s Silicon Valley Bike Advocacy Summit the focus was […]

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