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The Outside Lands Transpo Crunch: Bringing 65K People Per Day to GG Park
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For the fifth year, San Francisco’s transportation system will absorb one of its largest floods of travelers when 65,000 daily attendees descend upon Golden Gate Park this weekend for the three-day Outside Lands music festival. With festival goers traveling from near and far, promoters have tried each year to curb the number of people arriving […]
This Week: Downtown S.F., Board Meeting, Smart City Cycling
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Here is a list of events this week.
Sunday Streets 2011 Begins This Weekend on Embarcadero, “Rain or Shine”
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This weekend, San Franciscans will walk, run, play, bike, and relax on the city’s main waterfront during the first Sunday Streets of the year. It’ll take place along the Embarcadero from Fisherman’s Wharf to China Basin, right where Sunday Streets began in 2008. “We’ll be out there rain or shine,” said Sunday Streets organizer Susan King. “Everybody’s planning […]
Let’s Make “Bike to Work Day” a “Check-Up Day” On Bay Area Bike Lanes
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Behold, in the photo above, San Francisco bicycle infrastructure, at the end of St. Charles way, where it deadends at Brotherhood Way in Oceanview. There’s a walking path at the end that leads to Brotherhood Way. There’s a large curb. Exactly what this sharrow marking is supposed to accomplish is difficult to imagine. Perhaps a […]
SF’s Biggest Bike to School Day Yet Marks a Growing Trend Among Students
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Kids at 40 schools this morning participated in San Francisco’s biggest Bike to School Day yet. The level of participation, in the event’s fourth year, reflects steady growth in levels of biking and walking to schools throughout the year. San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC) Executive Director Leah Shahum said an enthusiastic group of more than […]
Avalos Proposes Ordinance Urging SFPD to Let Cyclists Yield at Stop Signs
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Supervisor John Avalos plans to introduce a policy urging the SFPD to let people on bikes treat stop signs as yield signs. It could legitimize the safe, practical maneuver already practiced by the vast majority of people on bikes, which is legal in Idaho. While SF can’t supersede the state’s flawed stop sign law, Avalos’ ordinance would set a “San Francisco […]