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Envisioning the Wiggle as a People-Centered Greenway
By Aaron Bialick |
The SF Bicycle Coalition (SFBC) has posted new visuals on its website depicting how streets on the Wiggle could be transformed into greener, traffic-calmed streets oriented toward safe walking and bicycling. The Wiggle, the flattest route connecting the east and west parts of the city, is already a magnet for bike traffic. However, as the SFBC notes, new riders can […]
An Emerging New Bike Plan for San Francisco is a Bold Path Forward
By Bryan Goebel |
After four years of an agonizing bicycle injunction that prevented the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) from adding any significant improvements to the city’s bike network, a judge earlier this year finally freed the SFMTA to begin building out the city’s long-promised Bicycle Plan. In short order, the SFMTA made some very noticeable improvements, […]
SFBC Bike Buddy Route Ride: Polk St and the Marina Wiggle
By Michael Rhodes |
Each second Saturday of the month the SFBC Bike Buddies hit the street to acquaint new riders with common or tricky bike commute routes in San Francisco with a Route Ride. An experienced bike commuter leads these rides at an easy pace; new riders are encouraged. In June, learn the best North-South bike route through […]
The Family That Rides Together
By Matthew Roth |
The Rileys on Valencia Street at Cesar Chavez Street, near the start of their long journey to school and work. Photos: Matthew Roth When trying to find San Francisco parents who take their kids to school by bike or on foot, we often hear this refrain: It’s all well and good to ride your bike […]
Nightmare on Oak Street: Couple Harassed While Biking, Blamed By SFPD
By Aaron Bialick |
On their ride home from a Valentine’s Day dinner, Ian Long and Johanna Weaver were harassed by an angry driver and allegedly threatened by a police officer who didn’t want to hear their story. Long and Weaver were riding in the right-hand lane of Oak Street along the popular Wiggle bike route around 8 p.m. […]
Sup. Breed Backs Idaho’s Common-Sense Law: Let Bikes Yield at Stop Signs
By Aaron Bialick |
Updated at 1:04 p.m. with comments from Dave Snyder of the California Bicycle Coalition. Supervisor London Breed has come out as the first known elected official in San Francisco to publicly support a sensible change to California traffic law: allowing people on bikes to treat stop signs as yield signs. Breed voiced her position today in today’s […]