Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Connecting the City

Bike to School Day is Every Day for Aidan and Maureen

By Celeste LeCompte | Apr 1, 2011 | 4 Comments

The following story is being republished from the blog of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. Join parents and thousands of kids across San Francisco for the third annual Bike to School Day Celebration, Thursday, April 7. For more information, to find out which schools are participating or to volunteer go to sfbiketoschoolday.org. On a bicycle, San […]

A San Francisco Family’s Commute to School is Paved with Smiles

By Jodie Van Horn | Mar 16, 2011 | 6 Comments

The following story is being republished from the blog of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. Grace Malizia is up early working on an assignment. “Mama,” Grace looks up at her mother, “How do you spell arena?” Grace is seven. In her first grade class at Spanish immersion school, she is learning about maps. On this […]

Cameron Beach and Jerry Lee’s Future as SFMTA Board Members Uncertain

By Bryan Goebel | Mar 4, 2011 | 12 Comments

Cameron Beach likes to mention that he started his career in public transportation forty six years ago sweeping buses. The 62-year-old semi-retired transportation consultant and former chief operating officer of the Sacramento Regional Transit District does know a lot about running a transit system. However, as Beach’s four-year term on the SFMTA Board of Directors […]

Brinkman Pushes SFMTA Staff To Install Fell Street Protected Bike Lane

By Bryan Goebel | Mar 1, 2011 | 43 Comments

The SFMTA Board of Directors today issued a directive to staff to move on installing a trial curbside protected bike lane on Fell Street between Scott and Baker Streets. SFMTA Director Cheryl Brinkman raised the issue at today’s board meeting, pointing out Mayor Ed Lee’s comments to Streetsblog last week that he would like to […]

JFK Drive Bikeway Promises Pleasant Travel in Golden Gate Park

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 28, 2011 | 45 Comments

As early as this spring, residents and tourists could be enjoying a world-class bi-directional, physically-separated bikeway along a 1.5 -mile stretch of Golden Gate Park’s John F. Kennedy (JFK) Drive as part of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition’s (SFBC) Connecting the City campaign for a network of routes safe and comfortable enough for an eight […]

Connecting the City Sets a Clear Vision for Bicycling in San Francisco

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 19, 2011 | 7 Comments

The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition’s (SFBC) bold campaign for a network of connected crosstown bikeways safe enough for an eight or eighty-year-old officially launched this week with Connecting the City.org, a new website featuring detailed visualizations for key bicycle-friendly routes throughout the city. The goal of Connecting the City is to “provide inviting and safe door-to-door […]