Film: “Bicycle Dreams”
"Part of the San Francisco United Film Festival, "Bicycle Dreams" focuses on Seekers, madman, and angels hell-bent on riding across America on a bicycle in less than ten days set out on a daunting 3000-mile odyssey."
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Cyclist Injured on Polk Street Block Where Merchants Fought Protected Lane
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On Friday at about 5 p.m., I came across a crash scene on Polk Street at Pine. A bicycle rider had been struck by a driver and thrown into another car, and he was being hauled away in a stretcher. As it happened, I was pedaling up Polk to meet with Lisa Ratner, a videographer, […]
KTVU Reporter Documents Own Harassment of Cyclists
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Last week, KTVU 2 reporter David Stevenson drove down Valencia Street, yelling at bicycle riders through the window of his motor vehicle, asking where their helmets were. He even brought a camera crew to film it — oddly enough, in the name of bicycle safety. “As twilight descends,” Stevenson told viewers, “the most vulnerable of […]
In the Door Zone: If You See Something, Should You Say Something?
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I ride my bike along Valencia Street nearly every day from my home to City Hall or some other assignment and I love the relatively slower pace of traffic that resulted from the bicycle green wave signal retiming last year (way to go Janel!). Without fail, however, my heart rate rises when I come upon […]
Collecting Data to Push for Safer Biking on Valencia
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During yesterday evening’s rush hour, safe streets advocates, organized by Catherine Orland, District 9 representative to the Bicycle Advisory Committee and longtime member and volunteer with the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, started collecting hard data about how often the bike lanes on Valencia Street are blocked by motorists. Take a wild guess what they found: […]
The California Bicycle Summit Is Sold Out
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But you can live-stream one of the most informative and inspiring bike events in California, April 6-9.
Bamboo Bike Studio Fabricators Make a Pit Stop in San Francisco
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Bamboo Bicycle Studio bike. Photos: Matthew Roth. On the way to a local caffeination recharging station near Mint Plaza last week, I locked my bicycle next to two very odd rides: The frames were bamboo and the bamboo tubes were connected with fiberglass. The frames looked solid, but seeing a bike that wasn’t made of […]