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SFBC Bike Buddy Route Ride: Downtown to the Bayview-Hunter’s Point
By Michael Rhodes |
"Every month, the SFBC Bike Buddies hit the street to acquaint new riders with common or challenging bike commute routes in San Francisco with a Route Ride. In August, you can learn the best commute route from downtown to Bayview-Hunter’s Point; new riders are encouraged. Heavy rain cancels."
This Week in Livable Streets Events
By Michael Rhodes |
It’s a quiet week on the Livable Streets Calendar, as in quiet enough to hear the roar of the ocean at a car-free Great Highway this Sunday. Here are the week’s highlights, leading up to the penultimate 2009 Sunday Streets. Tuesday: SFBC Treehouse Talk: Bike Plan 2009 – the rest of the Plan. We’ve adopted […]
SF Bike Party: Favorite Females
By Aaron Bialick |
From SF Bike Party: Did you know that March is Women’s History Month and March 8 is International Woman’s Day? We at SF Bike Party want to celebrate Women’s History Month with a Favorite Female Icon ride. All riders-regardless of gender-should dress as your favorite female icon and/or role model. We’re starting close to Caltrain, […]
SFBC Rec Ride: Southeast SF Tour & Hunters Point Open Studios
By Lisa Ratner |
From SF Bike Coalition: Explore the Southeast corner of San Francisco (Dogpatch, Bayview) by bike: we’ll visit old buildings, murals, underappreciated waterfront parks, and other sights, on a casual-pace 10-12 mile ride with plenty of stops. The ride will end at Hunters Point Open Studios, a free event at an old naval base with more than […]
Today’s Headlines
By Aaron Bialick |
Drunk Driver Hits, Seriously Injures Woman at Bus Stop at Mission and 30th (SFGate, Mission Local) Hit-and-Run Driver Hits Bicycle Rider at Market and Octavia (Castro Biscuit) Chronicle Columnist Caters to Complaints From Readers About Pedestrians Who “Add to Perils” Muni to Replace Sunset Tunnel Tracks During 15 Weekend N-Judah Shutdowns (SFBay) SFCTA Board Set to Approve […]
Two-Way Protected Bikeway on Cargo Way Nearly Complete
By Aaron Bialick |
San Francisco’s first on-street, two-way protected bikeway is nearly complete, featuring bicycle traffic signals and green intersection bike markings. The bikeway, which is separated from motor vehicles by a fence and concrete median, provides a safer connection from Bayview and Hunter’s Point to Third Street and the north-south bike lanes on Illinois Street. “It’s exciting to […]