Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycle Culture

The Metamorphosis of Chuck Nevius and Mainstream Acceptance of Cycling

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 29, 2011 | 10 Comments

It’s safe to assume that one year ago few bicycle riders who read the Chronicle would have ever imagined that Chuck Nevius would one day declare: “Bikes are the future. We need to do a better job of dealing with it.” But that’s exactly what happened yesterday. Nevius’ sudden embrace of “the inevitable conclusion” is […]

Pedals and Rhythm at the Bicycle Music Festival Tomorrow

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 17, 2011 | No Comments

Filmed by Streetfilms’ John Hamilton. What better way to spend your Saturday than celebrating San Francisco’s bustling bicycle and music culture? The Bicycle Music Festival will feature a caravan of 15 different musical artists performing on 100-percent bicycle powered equipment, starting with a party at Golden Gate Park’s Log Cabin Meadow before pedaling over to […]

Danish Architect Jan Gehl on Good Cities for Bicycling

By Jan Gehl | Jun 16, 2011 | 3 Comments

Editor’s note: This is the final installment in our series this week featuring Danish architect and livable streets luminary Jan Gehl. The pieces are excerpts from his book, “Cities for People” published by Island Press. Donate to Streetsblog SF and you’ll qualify to win a copy of the book, courtesy of Island Press. Bicyclists represent […]

The Political and Economic Implications of Bicycling Tourists

By Chris Carlsson | May 2, 2011 | 16 Comments

I’ve been bicycling in San Francisco since the late 1970s so I vividly remember when almost all bicyclists could recognize each other on the streets of the city. There really weren’t that many of us even as recently as the beginning of the 1990s, just two decades ago. We’ve come a long way, and one […]

Ecology of Biking in Quito, Ecuador

By Chris Carlsson | Mar 7, 2011 | 6 Comments

I just spent a few days in Quito, Ecuador, a remarkably beautiful city of a couple million sprawling 40 kilometers north-to-south through a series of valleys and plateaus in the Andes, surrounded by snow-capped volcanoes and rugged green mountains. I interviewed Heleana Zambonino from Quito for Streetsblog a while back, and wanted to see for […]

19th Century Bicycling: Rubber was the Dark Secret

By Chris Carlsson | Sep 22, 2010 | 9 Comments

“If the increase continues, the time is not very distant when not to own and ride a bicycle will be a confession that one is not able-bodied, is exceptionally awkward, or is hopelessly belated.” —“The Bicycle Festival,” July 13, 1895 New York Times The bicycle came to San Francisco during the last quarter of the […]

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