Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycling

It Just Works: Davis Quietly Debuts America’s First Protected Intersection

By Michael Andersen | Aug 11, 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. The city that brought America the bike lane 48 years ago this summer has done it again. Davis, California — population 66,000, bike commuting rate 20 percent — finished work last week […]

Tomorrow: Weigh in on SFPD’s Bike Crackdown With Captain Sanford

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 10, 2015 | 29 Comments

SFPD Park Station’s monthly community meeting tomorrow evening is your chance to weigh in on the ongoing harassment of bike commuters led by new captain John Sanford. On the ride there, you can join a second Wiggle “stop-in” to demonstrate the folly of holding bicycle riders to the letter of the stop sign law. Sanford’s decision to […]

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Help Streetsblog Shine a Light on SFPD’s Bike Crackdown — Submit Your Video

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 7, 2015 | 18 Comments

Streetsblog needs you and your devices to provide eyes and ears on the Wiggle, Page Street, and wherever the SFPD is lurking to ticket bicycle riders who harmlessly roll stop signs. It’s been clear from the start that Park Station’s bike crackdown is a huge waste of resources. But there are things that video can help […]

I Put My Foot Down at a Stop Sign and Nearly Got Run Over

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 6, 2015 | 44 Comments

I was extra law-abiding yesterday as I biked down Page Street: I put my foot down at every stop sign. As a result, an Uber driver nearly ran me over, specifically because I had come to a complete stop. I was trying to avoid getting snared by SFPD’s new bike ticket blitz, which is based on […]

SFPD Park Station Begins Pointless Harassment of Bike Commuters

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 5, 2015 | 138 Comments

Cops ticketing a cyclist for rolling a stop on The Wiggle. Subject of last week’s protest: http://t.co/xq1euSM4QQ pic.twitter.com/rTovDhLp5d — Kale Williams (@sfkale) August 5, 2015 SFPD Park Station Captain John Sanford has made good on his promise: Officers were out this morning ticketing bike commuters who failed to comply with a strict application of the […]

Full Bike Compliance With the Stop Sign Law: An Effective Spectacle

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 30, 2015 | 48 Comments

Countless bike commuters queued up for over a block yesterday to make a completely legal left turn on the Wiggle. As predicted, the demonstration showed the absurdity of how full compliance with the impractical stop sign law — which makes no distinction between bikes and cars — would actually play out. The Wiggle “stop-in” was a […]

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