Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycle Safety

London Campaign to Slow Cyclists on Shared Path Gets Creative

By Matthew Roth | Jun 24, 2009 | 4 Comments

Courtesy: Daily Mail UK This artwork along Regent’s Canal in North London goes to interesting depths to get cyclists to slow down while using the bike and pedestrian path. Given the sentiment among commenters to our post about bike and pedestrian conflicts on the Golden Gate Bridge paths, particularly that there are a few too […]

Motorist Hits Cyclist in Valencia Street Bike Lane

By Michael Rhodes | Jun 19, 2009 | 14 Comments

One of San Francisco’s most popular bicycle thoroughfares was the scene of a crash on Tuesday, when an automobile incautiously pulled out of a parking spot and struck a bicyclist riding in the bike lane on Valencia Street near 20th Street. Valencia Street’s bike lane. Flickr photo: mary jane watson According to the police report, the […]

WHO Report Highlights Global Health Risk of Traffic

By Elana Schor | Jun 16, 2009 | No Comments

Pro football player Donte’ Stallworth was sentenced to 30 days in jail today after killing a pedestrian in an alcohol-related crash. Photo: AP The disparity between the 13 percent of road fatalities suffered by non-drivers and the amount that the federal government spends on their safety — less than one percent — may come as […]

Helmet on Your Head or Egg on Your Face

By Matthew Roth | Jun 15, 2009 | 38 Comments

Matthew Modine doesn’t don certain ritual headgear while he rides Matthew Modine has been getting a lot of negative attention recently for his stance on wearing a helmet while he cycles: i.e., he doesn’t wear a helmet while he cycles (it would have to be a large helmet to fit that copious coif). A profile […]

Matthew Modine Rallies Support for “Bicycle For A Day”

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Jun 12, 2009 | 1 Comment

Matthew Modine founder of the advocacy group "Bicycle for a Day" held a fundraising party for this project recently at Solar One, New York City’s first solar-powered “Green Energy, Arts, and Education Center.” Modine plans to recycle New York City’s junk bikes and distribute them around the world so more people will be able to […]

Streetcars in Seattle, Or Why America Should Mind Its Transit Gaps

By Alex Marshall | Jun 10, 2009 | 4 Comments

Photo: Don Maxwell/Flickr The rider went down — Boom! — just as she turned to see if the streetcar was getting close to her. Turning to look was her undoing, because her wheel got caught in the big gap between rail and street, toppling her hard. The big blue streetcar was only ten feet or […]

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