Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycle Safety

Two Bay Area Cyclists Cut Down By Drivers in One Day

By Roger Rudick | Dec 15, 2015 | 12 Comments

While out with friends last night in West Portal, I mentioned that a cyclist was killed in San Francisco that morning. One of my friends corrected me and said “no, it was San Jose.” My heart sank as I realized two Bay Area bicyclists had been cut down in separate incidents. In San Jose, a […]

Peninsula Advocates Push For Vision Zero

By Andrew Boone | Sep 21, 2015 | No Comments

A coalition of advocacy groups, local government agencies, and cycling clubs called on cities across Santa Clara and San Mateo counties to adopt Vision Zero goals to eliminate traffic fatalities at the recent Silicon Valley Bike Summit in Palo Alto. In the ten years from 2004 through 2013, 1,236 people lost their lives in car crashes in the two counties, according to the California […]

New SFMTA Safe Driving Video Is Required Viewing for City Truckers

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 9, 2015 | 8 Comments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQKfZb1KS8Y The SFMTA has produced the city’s first training video to teach truck and bus drivers safe urban driving practices and highlight the extra care needed to operate in close proximity to people walking and biking on city streets. The video will be required viewing for all truck and bus drivers employed or contracted by the city, as well as […]

Menlo Park Fire District Opposes Protected Bike Lanes on El Camino Real

By Andrew Boone | Sep 8, 2015 | 14 Comments

Menlo Park’s proposal for protected bike lanes on El Camino Real is meeting resistance from the top brass at the city’s Fire Protection District, who would rather see the road become wider and more dangerous. In a recent letter to the Menlo Park City Council, Fire Chief Harold Schapelhouman completely missed the point of installing protected bike lanes — to make […]

Menlo Park Gets One Step Closer to Protected Bike Lanes on El Camino Real

By Andrew Boone | Aug 10, 2015 | 1 Comment

A report released by Menlo Park’s Public Works Department last week [PDF] recommends protected bike lanes and Dutch-style “protected intersections” on El Camino Real. The two-year El Camino Real Corridor Study, led by transportation consulting firm W-Trans, said building bike lanes protected from car traffic by a curb would provide “the most optimum safety conditions for bicycling” and walking while […]

I Put My Foot Down at a Stop Sign and Nearly Got Run Over

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 6, 2015 | 44 Comments

I was extra law-abiding yesterday as I biked down Page Street: I put my foot down at every stop sign. As a result, an Uber driver nearly ran me over, specifically because I had come to a complete stop. I was trying to avoid getting snared by SFPD’s new bike ticket blitz, which is based on […]

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