Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycle Parking

Sausalito To Install Donated Bike Racks for Tourists

By Tom Murphy | Apr 22, 2009 | 2 Comments

A group of tourists visiting from Venezuela. Photo by Pam MacLean. What do you do when hundreds of cyclotourists descend on your bucolic village, clogging sidewalks with rented bikes? The Sausalito City Council is trying to quell a virulent public debate with a tried-and-true solution: install a lot of bike racks. The council voted 4-1 […]

Making the Best of Having Your Bicycle Stolen

By Matthew Roth | Apr 14, 2009 | 6 Comments

Screenshot from the Stolen Bikes Database website With spring here and nice weather, a lot of us will be riding our bikes more often, which means thieves will be on the prowl for poorly locked bikes. For anyone who has had a bicycle stolen, there are few feelings as dreadful. The SFBC has a great […]

Streetfilms: How Well is Your Bike Locked?

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Apr 3, 2009 | No Comments

Nearly five years ago, legendary NYC bike mechanic Hal Ruzal and I walked the streets surrounding Bicycle Habitat in Manhattan and graded the bike locking ability of New Yorkers – producing many humorous and enlightening anecdotes. The resulting video aired frequently on bikeTV and at many festivals, and because of it – Hal is still […]

The Future Design of SF’s Bike Racks May Start on Treasure Island

By Matthew Roth | Mar 6, 2009 | 6 Comments

One of the racks from NYC’s design competition and a green traffic-separated bike lane on Broadway. The SFBC and the Department of Public Health (DPH) recently announced a bicycle rack design competition as part of a $100,000 community-based planning grant from Caltrans for the Treasure Island redevelopment plan. SFBC project manager Neal Patel explained the […]

Caltrain to Update Its Plan to Increase Bike Capacity

By Bryan Goebel | Mar 4, 2009 | 7 Comments

Johnson isn’t fond of the shorter bike racks on Caltrain. It’s been one month since the Caltrain Board of Directors approved a plan to increase bicycle capacity on its trains, a move advocates welcomed but felt didn’t go far enough because it won’t entirely prevent bicyclists from getting bumped. Tomorrow, the Caltrain board is expected […]

Caltrain to Present Plan to Increase Bicycle Capacity

By Bryan Goebel | Feb 4, 2009 | 4 Comments

Caltrain claims it "values bicycle commuters." In its goals and objectives the agency says "Caltrain must be a competitive alternative to traveling by automobile." That goal will be tested tomorrow when the agency presents its final plan to increase bicycle capacity on Caltrain to the Board of Directors. Advocates are frustrated it isn’t being made […]

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