Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycle Safety

Cyclists Be Warned, the New Acura Is Coming to Town

By Matthew Roth | Mar 17, 2010 | 14 Comments

It always makes my skin crawl when I see a car commercial shot in a city with a sporty sedan hurtling down the street, promising ersatz liberation through reckless driving. But the conversation Joe Eskenazi at SF Weekly had with an Acura PR representative today is hilarious. Or terrifying, you decide: When folks from Acura […]

Are Muni Service Woes and Fare Hikes Pushing People to Bikes?

By Michael Rhodes | Mar 10, 2010 | 54 Comments

Many San Francisco bicyclists got their start by apparently taking this sign’s message to heart. Flickr photo: mattymatt Could rounds of Muni service cuts and fare hikes push more people to start cycling in San Francisco? The MTA, which operates Muni, doesn’t have data on the phenomenon, but anecdotally, it’s already happening. For Christopher Janson, […]

Streetscast: Google Engineer Scott Shawcroft Explains Google’s Bike Map

By Matthew Roth and Bryan Goebel | Mar 10, 2010 | 12 Comments

The wait for bicycle directions on Google Maps has finally ended as the company announced a beta version of its new bicycle directions feature at the League of American Bicyclists National Bike Summit in Washington, D.C. this morning. The new mapping software includes an elegant overlay of bicycle routes based on priority bicycle streets and […]

Two Local Bicycle Advocacy Groups Honored With National Awards

By Matthew Roth | Mar 10, 2010 | 7 Comments

Not to be outdone by the movie industry’s much-ballyhooed awards season, The Alliance for Biking and Walking, a North American coalition of 140 bicycle and pedestrian organizations, recently announced its 2010 Advocacy Awards and two of the winners are from the Bay Area. Walk Oakland Bike Oakland (WOBO) received the 2010 Campaign Award for its […]

Advocates Concerned That Cyclists Are Included in Distracted Driving Bill

By Matthew Roth | Mar 3, 2010 | 73 Comments

Photo: markofphotography A bill introduced last month by State Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto), who has been a steady advocate for reducing the dangers of distracted driving, would increase first-time and repeat fines for drivers who text while driving or who don’t use hands-free devices, and would extend the prohibition of cell phone use to […]

Cyclist Sustains Minor Injuries After Being Hit By 5-Fulton Bus

By Matthew Roth | Mar 3, 2010 | 14 Comments

Photo: Joe Eskenazi/SF Weekly According to eyewitness statements reported by the SF Weekly and the Chronicle, a 5-Fulton bus collided with a cyclist this morning on Market Street and the driver refused to stop, despite pleas by passengers to stay at the scene of the crash. The collision occurred at 8:30 a.m., with the rear […]

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