CounterPULSE Talk: Bicycling in San Francisco
"A broad discussion of bicycle etiquette, transportation and urban design, featuring, among others, the SFBC’s own Andy Thornley."
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SFMTA Board Wants the Option of a Full-Length Bike Lane on Polk
By Aaron Bialick |
As the vote on the Polk Street redesign approaches in the coming months, the SFMTA Board of Directors last week requested that planners present the board with a pilot project option for bolder bike safety improvements along the length of the project area. Currently, the SFMTA’s preferred option calls only for sharrows and rush-hour parking bans on […]
Cyclist Injured on Polk Street Block Where Merchants Fought Protected Lane
By Aaron Bialick |
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, […]
SF Still Waiting for DA Gascón to “Send a Message” to Deadly Drivers
By Aaron Bialick |
At the press conference yesterday to announce the plea deal between prosecutors and Chris Bucchere in the death of Sutchi Hui, SF District Attorney George Gascón said that his “goal is to send a message” to cyclists. “Cyclists need to understand that they’re held accountable to the same standard as anybody else operating any other type […]
Man on Bike Killed by Garbage Truck Driver at 16th and South Van Ness
By Aaron Bialick |
A Recology garbage truck driver ran over and killed a man on a bike at 16th Street and South Van Ness Avenue this morning at about 6:45 a.m., according to the SF Chronicle: A witness said the truck, which was paralleling the male bicyclist on eastbound 16th, tried to make a right turn onto southbound […]
Would Personal Rapid Transit Benefit Anyone but Its Manufacturer?
By Matthew Roth |
Image: SkyTran Some of you saw the Examiner piece yesterday about SkyTran’s personal rapid transit (PRT) project and were probably looking for a response from us (one of you even asked in comments why we didn’t touch it), but I’ve been very leery of the topic since I saw the "Pod People" post over on […]
New SFPD Park Station Captain’s Bike Crackdown Won’t Make Streets Safer
By Aaron Bialick |
@SFPDPark obviously no crackdown needed here! Looks perfectly safe, @Bob_Gunderson approved. pic.twitter.com/VrOCM1NPwj — kevin (@ku1313) June 14, 2015 In the name of “protecting life,” SFPD Park Station Captain John Sanford has promised a crackdown on people on bikes rolling through stop signs. The SF Bicycle Coalition and some neighborhood leaders are calling on Sanford not to divert […]