California Academy Nightlife: Rock the Bike
"NightLife and Rock the Bike team up to create a NightLife dedicated to bicycling, with bike powered blenders, a bike powered DJ stage and a performance by Fossil Fool with DJ Jeff Stallings."
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Why SF Should Strive to Replicate the Polk Contra-Flow Protected Bike Lane
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On the two southernmost blocks of Polk Street, between Market Street and City Hall, the new contra-flow protected bike lane creates a unique street layout for San Francisco. For the first time on a downtown street, people on bikes are accommodated in a way that people in cars are not. Bike traffic goes both ways, while […]
Should SF Streets Go Car-Free to Make Room for Nightlife?
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Polk, Valencia, Castro, Broadway — when bar patrons crowd these streets at night, should they go car-free? While the idea may be novel to San Francisco, many other cities have done it. Up the coast in Vancouver, British Columbia, downtown Granville Street is often closed to cars on bustling weekend nights for people to roam […]
Bike Coalition Says ‘No Way’ as City Backs off Protected Bike Lanes on Turk
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The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC), for the first time ever, is opposing a bike lane. Protected bike lanes are the proven standard for making streets safer for cyclists of all ages and abilities. However, once again, the city has backed off a protected bike lane project, this time on Turk through the Tenderloin. SFMTA […]
Supervisor Shocked to Hear Uber and Lyft Violate Bike and Transit Lanes
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Some two-thirds of citations for driving in transit lanes and bike lanes, failing to yield to pedestrians, and other motor vehicle violations, are issued to Transportation Network Company (TNC) cars such as Uber and Lyft--this according to a study from the police department of violations in downtown San Francisco.
San Francisco May Get Its First Green Bike Lane on Fell Street
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Image: SFMTA San Francisco would get its first green bike lane under a new MTA proposal (PDF) to fix the troubled intersection of Divisadero and Fell streets near the entrance to the Arco station, where drivers queuing up to get gas obstruct the bike lane and block the sidewalk, creating hazardous conditions for people who […]
Fell Street Bike Lane Still Popular Among Bike Commuters, Parked Trucks
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The more than 1,800 people who use the buffered, curbside bike lane on Fell Street every weekday continue to be faced with a familiar hazard: parked trucks. As we’ve reported, drivers, including SFPD officers, routinely park in the Fell bike lane with impunity. The vast majority of violators appear to be accessing three businesses on Fell between Divisadero […]