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Oaklavia Will Open the Streets of Oakland This Weekend
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Oakland will become the latest city to temporarily liberate city streets from car traffic this weekend with its first ciclovia event. Oaklavia will open the streets from Uptown through Downtown and West Oakland to cyclists, walkers, skaters and strollers, artists and performers. Kids on their first tricycle will wander across the lanes in safety, games […]
Detroit Rapper Breezee One’s “Bike Chase” is a Homage to the Bicycle
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You can add this to our list of the world’s best music videos featuring bicycles. Rapper Breezee One’s “Bike Chase” is a homage to bicycles and “bike boyfriends.” It’s the first single release for Detroit’s “Diva-Licious-MC,” and perhaps the best bike video of the year? On that note, Streetsblog San Francisco is taking a long […]
Weekend Roundup: Kings County Gives up HSR Fight, BART Closures, Caltrain Bike Registration
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A few Streetsblog train tidbits to start out your weekend: Last Legal Obstructions to HSR Melt Away: Kings County has been fighting an expensive and fruitless battle against high-speed rail for many years now. But after losing ruling after ruling, they finally threw in the proverbial towel and settled with the state. From Thursday afternoon’s […]
Gaining Momentum: Youth Bike Summit 2012
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More than 275 people from 20 states and three countries came to the second annual Youth Bike Summit over the weekend of January 13. Organized by pioneering NYC community bike shop Recycle-A-Bicycle, the three day conference was a chance for young bike advocates to share strategies and draw inspiration from the keynote speakers, Congresswoman Nydia […]
Eyes on the Street: From New Bike Lanes to Chairs in Trees
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Photo: swampzoid. Sorry for the long gap since our last weekly review of photos you’ve submitted to our Flickr pool. Thanks as always for adding photos and keep up the beautiful work. Here’s a selection of some of our recent favorites. Have a great weekend! Photo: B. Wise
SFMTA: New Curbside Space at Market and 10th Will Be a Bike-Share Station
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In case you were wondering what would become of the newly empty curb space at Market and 10th Streets, where the traffic lane stripings were re-configured over the weekend, it turns out the SFMTA plans to put a bike-share station there. “With Bay Area Bike Share set to launch this August, the SFMTA saw an opening […]