SF Bicycle Advisory Committee meeting
"Come and speak your mind about bicycle issues in San Francisco. This eleven member committee meets once a month and advises the Board of Supervisors on all matters bicycle."
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Spot-By-Spot, or Route-By-Route? SFMTA Refines Its Bicycle Strategy
By Aaron Bialick |
The SF Municipal Transportation Agency is pondering the most effective way to improve the city’s bicycle network in the coming years as it rolls out its Bicycle Strategy: Should planners focus bicycle improvements on dangerous and stressful spots throughout the city, or focus on upgrading major bike corridors to the highest quality of comfort first? Tim Papandreou, […]
Cyclist Outcry Forces Delay on GG Bridge Speed Limit Vote
By Tom Murphy |
Golden Gate Bridge directors today tabled their staff’s surprise proposal for a 10 mph speed limit for bicycles after outraged cycling advocates denounced the plan as everything from a “half-baked idea” to a “solution in search of a problem.” The bridge’s Building and Operating Committee received more than 60 complaints prior to the hearing, then […]
Sausalito Installs Bicycle Signs That Contradict California Vehicle Code
By Joshua Hart |
A sign in Sausalito that contradicts state law. Photos: Joshua Hart. While Marin County has been designated a "national model" for bicycling and walking, one of four counties that have received a $25 million grant from the Federal Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program (NTPP), Sausalito has been notably hostile to the influx of cyclists who come […]
Advocates: Despite Bike-Ped Death, Cars Still Greatest Danger to Peds
By Aaron Bialick |
In the midst of a wave of media attention around the recent bicycle-pedestrian death in the Castro, walking and bicycling advocates today re-affirmed the greatest dangers facing pedestrians on San Francisco’s streets: high-speed roads and dangerous driving behavior. In a KQED radio forum this morning, Walk SF Executive Director Elizabeth Stampe, SF Bicycle Coalition (SFBC) Executive Director Leah Shahum, […]
Advocates Concerned That Cyclists Are Included in Distracted Driving Bill
By Matthew Roth |
Photo: markofphotography A bill introduced last month by State Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto), who has been a steady advocate for reducing the dangers of distracted driving, would increase first-time and repeat fines for drivers who text while driving or who don’t use hands-free devices, and would extend the prohibition of cell phone use to […]
SFMTA Increases Fines for Double Parking and Sidewalk Riding
By Aaron Bialick |
Yesterday the SFMTA Board of Directors signed off on raising fines for double parking, obstructing traffic, and riding bikes on sidewalks to $100. The fines were previously $80, $50, and $50 respectively — “substantially lower than the penalties for similar violations” set in 2010, according to the SFMTA [PDF]. Although Director Bruce Oka said increasing […]