Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycling

Happy Bike to Work Day in Oakland and Berkeley

By Melanie Curry | May 12, 2017 | 1 Comment

Bike to Work Day (BTWD) organizers counted over 20,000 people biking to work today in East Bay cities, an increase of thirty percent over the last five years. Streetsblog SF has some coverage of events in San Francisco, and we also took in some of the fun in Berkeley and Oakland, as seen in the […]

The mayor was flanked by various public officials at the BTWD rally on the steps of City Hall. All photos Streetsblog/Rudick unless indicated

San Francisco Bike to Work Day 2017

By Roger Rudick | May 11, 2017 | 1 Comment

The streets of San Francisco were filled with thousands of exuberant and experienced cyclists and quite a few newbies this morning on this 23rd annual "Bike to Work Day." Streetsblog caught up with the convoys at the Bicycle Coalition's rally on the steps of City Hall.

Bike to work day from a couple of years ago. Photo: SFBC

Bike to Work Day Is Good for Local Business

By Roger Rudick | May 10, 2017 | No Comments

A new study adds to a growing repository of research that supports the idea that events such as Bike to Work Day and the expansion of biking generally aren't just good for our health and the environment--they're good for business, especially "local-serving" business.

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Parking–Not Bike Advocates–Trumped Fire Department Concerns on Upper Market

By Roger Rudick | May 9, 2017 | 10 Comments

It was celebrated as a victory for safety by cycling and walking advocates when the SFMTA voted last week to approve plans to add safety enhancements on Upper Market, including parking-protected bike lanes. But not, apparently, by San Francisco Chronicle columnists Phillip Matier and Andrew Ross. “Bikes win, Fire Department loses in Market Street redo” was the […]

Russo remembers seeing a mother and daughter cycling on the Ninth Avenue protected bike lane soon after it debuted in 2007: "The idea that someone who's seven or eight years old would ride their own bicycle on an avenue in Manhattan -- it was an outlandish concept. The fact that someone had done that made me realize people were going to respond to this." Photo: NACTO

Q&A With Oakland DOT Head Ryan Russo on Protected Bike Lanes in NYC

By Ben Fried | May 9, 2017 | No Comments

Few people have been so closely involved in the transformation of the city's streets over such a long period of time as Ryan Russo. So between his last day at NYC DOT and his move to the West Coast, I caught up with him to get an insider's perspective on more than a dozen years of change to NYC streets.

Ryan Russo, Dan Kalb, Renee Rivera and Ann Smulka cut the ribbon on Oakland's first concrete -protected bike lane. Photo Streetsblog/Rudick

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Oakland Opens its First Concrete-Curb-Protected Bike Lane

By Roger Rudick | May 8, 2017 | 21 Comments

Some twenty advocates, planners and officials attended a ribbon cutting ceremony this morning for the opening of Oakland’s first concrete, fully protected cycletrack bike lane. The lane runs along upper Broadway between Keith Ave and Brookside Drive, next to SR 24. “This is a great way to spend my third hour on my first day […]

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