Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycling

“Bike Yield” Passes Without Enough Votes for Veto Override

By Roger Rudick | Dec 16, 2015 | 108 Comments

The Bike Yield ordinance was heard by the full San Francisco Board of Supervisors yesterday. It passed, with six “ayes” and five against — two “ayes” short of what’s needed to override Mayor Edwin Lee’s veto pen. The San Francisco Examiner reports that mayoral spokesperson Christine Falvey was ready with a response. “The mayor believes this endangers pedestrians […]

Two Bay Area Cyclists Cut Down By Drivers in One Day

By Roger Rudick | Dec 15, 2015 | 12 Comments

While out with friends last night in West Portal, I mentioned that a cyclist was killed in San Francisco that morning. One of my friends corrected me and said “no, it was San Jose.” My heart sank as I realized two Bay Area bicyclists had been cut down in separate incidents. In San Jose, a […]

Bike Yield Law Passes Transportation Committee

By Roger Rudick | Dec 8, 2015 | 31 Comments

Yesterday the Land Use & Transportation Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to instruct SFPD to, in effect, allow cyclists in San Francisco to treat stop signs as yields. The proposal will now go before the full San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Dec. 15. Supervisors John Avalos and Scott Wiener voted “aye” on the […]

Governor Signs Bill Banning Tolls on Bridges for Bicyclists and Pedestrians

By Damien Newton | Oct 8, 2015 | 2 Comments

Yesterday, Governor Jerry Brown signed A.B. 40, legislation that bans tolling bicycle and pedestrians on bridges that have tolls for cars throughout the state. While this is a statewide ban, all toll bridges in California are located in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Golden Gate, the Antioch, the Benicia-Martinez, the Carquinez, the Dumbarton, and […]

To Tackle Anti-Bike Bias, SFPD Must Start With Knowledge of Traffic Laws

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 30, 2015 | 77 Comments

At a heated community meeting last month, a bike commuter asked SFPD Park Station Captain John Sanford whether he could expect to continue safely treating stop signs as yield signs. Sanford had instituted a crackdown on that behavior, and some ticket recipients said they were told they had to put their foot down at stop signs. Sanford […]

The Top 5 Times Mayor Lee “Traded Safety for Convenience” on SF’s Streets

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 29, 2015 | 20 Comments

Mayor Ed Lee says he’ll veto the Bike Yield Law because he’s “not willing to trade away safety for convenience.” The mayor is just being modest here. Of course he’s willing to trade safety for convenience! In fact, he’s elevated convenience to a core value. Here are our top five moments when Mayor Lee traded […]

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