Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycling

Boulder’s Protected Bike Lane Removal Would Be Just the 4th Nationwide

By Michael Andersen | Sep 29, 2015 | No Comments

Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. Boulder, Colorado, will vote today on whether to become the fourth U.S. city to remove a modern protected bike lane. The others are Memphis, where a riverside project was removed this year after […]

Mayor Lee Vows to Veto Bike Yield Law

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 28, 2015 | 58 Comments

Updated at 6:46 p.m. with image of Mayor’s veto letter at the bottom. Mayor Ed Lee has vowed to veto the “Bike Yield Law” put forward by six supervisors. Assuming the mayor follows through, it will take a vote from eight of the 11 supervisors to override him. In a comment to the SF Chronicle, Lee showed that […]

The “Bike Yield Law”: It’s How Captain Sanford Rolls, Too

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 24, 2015 | 32 Comments

Even John Sanford is not immune to practicing the safe, common-sense ethic that most people on bikes use to negotiate stop signs. SFPD’s Park Station captain is the latest officer to be filmed within the Park District executing the completely normal practice of slowing and yielding, and not necessarily coming to a full stop, during a ride with bike advocates last […]

The World’s Nuttiest Bike Lane NIMBYs Live in a San Diego Beach Community

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 24, 2015 | No Comments

Think you’ve read about every possible NIMBY objection to bike lanes? Think again. These recent comments from a public meeting in San Diego’s affluent Coronado beach community are definitely, um, different. At the meeting, city leaders were bombarded with objections — not about parking, traffic, or “scofflaws” on bikes, but about the “visual pollution” of painted stripes on […]

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KTVU Stays Classy With Fearmongering Segment on “Bike Yield Law”

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 23, 2015 | 19 Comments

What KTVU’s sensationalistic bike coverage lacks in integrity, it compensates for in consistency. The Fox affiliate’s segment on the proposed “Bike Yield Law” yesterday kept the bar low in manufacturing controversy, featuring a bedside interview with a single mother recovering from injuries after being hit by a bicycle rider earlier that day. KTVU reporter Amber Lee glossed over the […]

Governor Brown Signs Law Allowing Bicycle Ticket Diversion Programs

By Melanie Curry | Sep 23, 2015 | No Comments

A new law just signed by Governor Jerry Brown will make it possible for bicyclists who are ticketed for certain infractions to attend a class on safe bicycle riding and thus reduce their fines. The bill, A.B. 902, has been tracked by Streetsblog since it was introduced by Assemblymember Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica) in February. […]

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