Velo Girls Northern Exposure Ride
"Every week, the Velo Girls lead a women’s bike ride (on the 2nd Sunday of the month boys can join the co-ed ride). Other Sundays are the Leader’s Choice rides."
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Silicon Valley Prepares for San Jose Cycling Classic and First Ciclovia
By Matthew Roth |
SVBC E.D. Corinne Winter, Silicon Valley Leadership Group CEO Carl Guardino, and San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed at the San Jose City Hall Rotunda. Carl Guardino’s bike is in front of the podium. Photo: Matthew Roth. Most cities in the Bay Area are gearing up for Bike to Work Day this Thursday, with numerous activities […]
This Week in Livable Streets Events
By Aaron Bialick |
This week, learn the lessons SFBC and SFMTA staff took from their days in Copenhagen, how to start a farmers market, the history of transit in the city and then let it all sink in at the last Sunday Streets of the year. Here are the highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Monday: Join the East […]
Statistics Alone Paint an Incomplete Picture of Women and Bicycles
By Regina Hope Sinsky |
"I think [the bicycle] has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. It gives a woman a feeling of freedom and self-reliance. The moment she takes her seat she knows she can’t get into harm unless she gets off her bicycle, and away she goes, the picture of free, untrammeled womanhood." — Susan […]
Mission Sunday Streets Sees Huge Turnout, Lots of Families
By Matthew Roth |
The view down 24th Street from Valencia at 1 pm. Photos: Matthew Roth. The first 2010 Sunday Streets in the Mission drew huge crowds for five hours yesterday, with countless young kids learning to ride and enjoying the car-free space. Organizers estimated approximately 25,000 people came out, though I could have been convinced attendance was […]
NOPA VELO’s Death-by-Duel: Lake Merced Ride
By Abigail Shull |
"Join NOPA VELO spins out for its second monthly ride to Lake Merced and back. Visit the NOPA street named for the victim of the dastardly death-by-duel between a U.S. Senator and a Supreme Court Justice, then count the paces at the Lake Merced shootout. Ride is an easy, flat 2.5 hour trek & all […]
NOPA VELO: The Monster Mash Halloween Ride
By Aaron Bialick |
From SFBC: Get your Spook and Ghoul on with NOPA VELO, the North Panhandle’s bike group for neighbors and friends. Scare the caffeine out of Mojo folks and spin out to find the forlorn maiden who haunts Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park. Riders will be Monster Mashing and Ghost Busting all over NOPA afterwards. […]