Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycle Safety

In the Door Zone: If You See Something, Should You Say Something?

By Matthew Roth | Nov 16, 2010 | 93 Comments

I ride my bike along Valencia Street nearly every day from my home to City Hall or some other assignment and I love the relatively slower pace of traffic that resulted from the bicycle green wave signal retiming last year (way to go Janel!). Without fail, however, my heart rate rises when I come upon […]

Commentary: Why Are We Building Bikes Lanes That Are Hurting People?

By Joshua Hart | Nov 8, 2010 | 130 Comments

As one of the certified bicycle safety instructors working with San Francisco’s Bike Ed program, the most important safety concept we try to get across to our students is that cyclists should never ride closer than 4 feet from any parked car. The reason is that getting ‘doored’ is the single most common cause of […]

A Pleasant Ride to the Beach in the New Kirkham Street Bike Lanes

By Bryan Goebel | Oct 14, 2010 | 42 Comments

San Franciscans who live in the Sunset or want to pedal to the beach now have a three-mile stretch of bike lanes on Kirkham Street from 9th Avenue to the Great Highway. I rode the new bike lanes over the weekend and it was a mostly calm, relaxing ride. I typically pedal through Golden Gate […]

Aunt Remembers Derek Allen, Bicyclist Killed in Crash with Muni Bus

By Bryan Goebel | Oct 12, 2010 | 32 Comments

It will probably be some time before we find out exactly what caused last week’s crash in the Inner Richmond that killed 22-year-old Derek Allen. From accounts posted by friends on Streetsblog, Derek was staying with some friends in the Richmond and was on his way to get dim sum on his bicycle when he […]

Bicyclist Killed by Muni Bus on 6th Avenue in Inner Richmond

By Bryan Goebel | Oct 8, 2010 | 81 Comments

UPDATED Friday, 9:05 a.m. A 22-year-old bicyclist named Derek Allen was killed by the driver of a 44-O’Shaughnessy on 6th Avenue between Geary Boulevard and Clement Street late Thursday afternoon in the city’s second bicyclist fatality of the year. (The raw video above is from CBS5). A spokesperson for the San Francisco Medical Examiner’s office […]

Girlfriend of Driver Charged with Killing SF Bicyclist Still Being Investigated

By Bryan Goebel | Sep 14, 2010 | 36 Comments

The girlfriend of a drunk driver charged with killing a 22-year-old bicyclist on Masonic Avenue a month ago is still being investigated for allegedly taking over the wheel and fleeing the scene after the crash, though a spokesperson for District Attorney Kamala Harris said a decision has not been made on whether she’ll be charged. […]

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