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Eyes on the Street: Cops Tell Double Parkers to Get Out of the Bike Lane

By Bryan Goebel | Jun 8, 2009 | 16 Comments

Photos by Bryan Goebel We’ve written before about obstructions caused by motorcycle cops parked in the bike lane (and the SFPD generally doesn’t have a good reputation among cyclists), but yesterday around 4:30 p.m. — a few hours after Sunday Streets wrapped up — I spotted a cop parked in the bike lane on Valencia […]

Supervisor Mar Holds Better Streets Town Hall Meeting in the Richmond

By Susan Vaughan | Jun 1, 2009 | 5 Comments

Pedestrians mix with cars at the intersection of Clement and 5th Avenue. There are stop signs for traffic on 5th Avenue, but not on Clement Street. Photo: Sue Vaughan San Francisco’s Richmond District is blessed with stunning vistas of the Golden Gate Bridge and the Pacific Ocean, but its street grid has turned its roads […]

First Bike to School Day in San Francisco a Success

By Matthew Roth | May 28, 2009 | 9 Comments

A very happy bike-riding student at Monroe Elementary School in the Excelsior. Flickr photo: Marc Caswell All morning I’ve been asking myself (and some others) why kids riding bicycles to school is a pressworthy event. Don’t kids always ride bikes to school or have we become so car-dependent that even this sancrosanct part of being […]

Hundreds Expected to Take Part in Bike to School Day Thursday

By Bryan Goebel | May 27, 2009 | No Comments

Commuter convoys of students, parents, teachers, administrators and bicycle educators are expected to take part in tomorrow’s first annual Bike to School Day in San Francisco, an effort to educate communities about the dangers of driving to school, and the healthy benefits of bicycling. "It’s something I felt the city was ready for," said Benjamin […]

Caltrain Drops Bicycle Surcharge Idea and Is Bringing Back Tags

By Bryan Goebel | May 21, 2009 | 3 Comments

Caltrain destination tags. Photo by Shirley Johnson. Caltrain has dropped an idea to make bicyclists pay a $1 surcharge to help solve its budget deficit. In an email this afternoon, Mark Simon, the special assistant to the Caltrain CEO, wrote "a bicycle surcharge will not be part of the budget proposals for the coming fiscal […]

Advocates Upset By Prospect of Further Bike Lane Delays

By Matthew Roth | May 19, 2009 | 11 Comments

Advocates are not ready to compromise a single bike lane in the big 56. Photo: Matthew Roth SFBC Program Manager Andy Thornley had the sinking feeling, following an MTA Traffic Engineering meeting last Friday, that the agency was not serious about its commitment to moving as many of the priority 56 bicycle projects forward as […]

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