Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycling

SPUR Talk: Transportation Challenges for Downtown Tech Companies

By Roger Rudick | Aug 11, 2016 | No Comments

The San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR), hosted a lunchtime talk in downtown San Francisco today, with representatives from Salesforce and Airbnb, about how the companies help employees commute between work and home. Unlike tech giants based outside of downtown San Francisco, neither company makes heavy use of private buses–so-called Tech […]

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Bicycle Coalition Member Q&A with Executive Director Wiedenmeier

By Roger Rudick | Aug 9, 2016 | 2 Comments

Yesterday evening some 200 San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC) members came to the Brick and Mortar Music Hall at Duboce and Mission to meet SFBC’s Executive Director, Brian Wiedenmeier. They had bánh mì sandwiches, a few beers, and good conversation before a formal Q&A hosted by Kristin Smith, currently with SFMTA and former SFBC staffer. […]

A Month After Kate and Heather’s Deaths, Mayor Lee Takes Action

By Roger Rudick | Aug 4, 2016 | 11 Comments

It’s a little over a month since two cyclists were killed in one night on San Francisco’s streets: Kate Slattery, who was killed South of Market, and Heather Miller, who died while riding in Golden Gate Park. Today, in a rare move, Mayor Edwin Lee, after talks with the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, issued an Executive […]

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Streetsblog Talks with Lisa Feldstein about BART

By Roger Rudick | Aug 3, 2016 | 53 Comments

20-year BART board veteran and current board president Tom Radulovich announced yesterday that he will not seek re-election this November. Additionally, he endorsed a replacement: Lisa Feldstein, an instructor at the University of San Francisco. It looks as if Feldstein is going to have quite a bit of competition for Radulovich’s seat. That said, Streetsblog […]

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Advocates Renew Push for West Alameda Estuary Bike and Pedestrian Bridge

By Roger Rudick | Aug 2, 2016 | 34 Comments

There are few places in the Bay Area where the expression “you can’t get there from here” more aptly applies. Stand at the estuary at Jack London Square, and one can see the west Alameda piers clearly, just a half-mile away. But try to get there and it turns into a two-mile-plus circuitous trek that […]

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Streetsblog Talks with Supervisor Jane Kim, Part II

By Roger Rudick | Jul 21, 2016 | 14 Comments

Two weeks ago, Streetsblog did a Q&A with San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim. Kim was on a trip to New York and arranged to do the interview by phone. Unfortunately, the connection was intermittent, there was some miscommunication, and the interview had to be cut short. A few days later, Kim asked Streetsblog if we […]

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