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The Outside Lands Transpo Crunch: Bringing 65K People Per Day to GG Park
By Aaron Bialick |
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 […]
Bike Parking on Steroids
By Clarence Eckerson Jr. |
"Cyclists are so used to doing with scraps and they’ve been that way for so long that they are shocked when they get anything that satisfies their needs." Barry Bonds may almost have the home run record, but the San Francisco Giants have another milestone that is much more admirable: the first free, convienent, […]
Super Bowl Blocks Bikes
By Andrew Boone |
Want to walk or bike to Super Bowl 50 at Levi’s Stadium this Sunday? It won’t be easy. The big game’s organizers have banned the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition (SVBC) from providing free valet bike parking at the stadium. The City of Santa Clara also agreed on a ten-day closure, from Jan. 31 to Feb. 9, of the San […]
Berkeley Celebrates the Opening of a Beautiful New Bike Station
By Matthew Roth |
The new Bike Station on Shattuck near Downtown Berkeley BART. Photos: Matthew Roth. Berkeley cyclists and BART staff celebrated the grand opening of the new Berkeley Bike Station yesterday at 2208 Shattuck Avenue, one of the largest enclosed bicycle stations in the country and just steps from Downtown Berkeley BART. The new station expands the […]
SFBC Valet Bicycle Parking at Monster Drawing Rally
By Abigail Shull |
"Southern Exposure hosts this 15th annual live drawing event and fundraiser. Watch 30 artists each hour bring a piece of artwork to life and purchase it right after. Free valet bicycle parking provided."
Maker Faire: A Model for Encouraging Car-Free Transportation to Big Events
By Andrew Boone |
The runaway success of Maker Faire, the annual San Mateo festival that celebrates do-it-yourself technology and crafts, has led organizers to get creative in encouraging attendees to come without a car and avert a traffic mess. Since Maker Faire’s debuted in 2006, organizers have developed a model program for managing traffic demand for the growing number of attendees […]