Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycle Safety

First Muni/Bike Crash of the Year on Market Street this Morning

By Michael Rhodes | Jan 7, 2010 | 8 Comments

The scene of the crash at Market and Front. Photo: Michael Rhodes The driver of a 9-San Bruno Muni bus struck a male bicyclist from behind on Market at Front Street at 10:40 this morning. The bicyclist was removed from the intersection in an ambulance with "moderate injuries," according to an officer at the scene. […]

Bicyclist Killed by Caltrans Vehicle Driver on 101 Overpass in San Mateo

By Michael Rhodes | Dec 18, 2009 | 19 Comments

View Larger Map A 68-year-old Palo Alto man riding his bicycle was struck and killed by the driver of a Caltrans vehicle heading westbound on the Hillsdale Boulevard overpass of Highway 101 in San Mateo this morning. The Caltrans employee was on duty at the time. San Mateo Police Department Sgt. Bob Szelenyi said the […]

Why Are Threats Against Bike Riders Considered Acceptable?

By Sarah Goodyear | Dec 16, 2009 | 3 Comments

Today on the Streetsblog Network, Sustainable Savannah asks the question, "When is it socially acceptable to threaten the lives of innocent people?" The answer, apparently, is this: "When they are riding bicycles." The post comes in response to a comment on the website of the city’s major newspaper, the Savannah Morning News. Sustainable Savannah’s John […]

A Troubling Story of SFPD Bias Against Bicycle Riders

By Bryan Goebel | Dec 4, 2009 | 52 Comments

An injured bicyclist is loaded onto a gurney by paramedics on 14th Street and Market Thursday evening after being hit by a driver. Photos by Bryan Goebel. Thursday was a momentous day for the growing and diverse population of people who ride bicycles in San Francisco, though as I’m about to relate to you, the […]

SF Gets First Protected Bike Lane! Drivers Already Violating It

By Bryan Goebel | Dec 3, 2009 | 170 Comments

A bicyclist rides in SF’s first protected bike lane. Photos by Bryan Goebel. DPT crews installed San Francisco’s first physically separated bike lane this morning on a westbound stretch of an existing bike lane on Market Street between 9th and 10th, and before workers had even finished putting in the final safe-hit post, some drivers […]

Eyes On the Street: SF Gets Its First New Bike Lane in Three Years

By Bryan Goebel | Dec 1, 2009 | 26 Comments

The SFBC’s Andy Thornley was the first to ride in the new Scott Street bike lane. Flickr photo: sfbike San Francisco bicycle riders this morning let out a loud cheer, popped open a bottle of champagne and toasted the city’s first bike lane in three years: a freshly painted sliver of Scott Street on the […]

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