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Breaking News: Cyclist Assaulted on Market
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“BBnet3000” posted this video of an assault on a cyclist on Market Street on the Streetsblog website this morning: The video shows a confrontation between a cyclist and a motorist who parked his car in the bike lane on Market at Van Ness. It’s a disturbing incident and unfortunately all too common. Other commenters are […]
Eyes on the Street: Backwards Driver Crashes Into Cyclist in GG Park
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Flickr photo: NateShow From SF Citizen via Eyes on Blogs comes word of a nasty collision between a bicyclist and an SUV driver in Golden Gate Park Wednesday. The photographer who snapped these shots described the crash on his Flickr post: The driver of this SUV (apparently not from the area), was backing up in […]
And the Victim Blaming Continues
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There was a bit of a dust-up late Friday on Twitter when the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition called out Caltrans over “public service” announcements that blame our most vulnerable road users for their own deaths and injuries. .@caltranshq, you ought to be ashamed of yourselves for this counterproductive victim-blaming. https://t.co/0RGSYmUGds — SF Bicycle Coalition (@sfbike) […]
Search for Rampaging Driver Who Struck Four Cyclists in Mission, Potrero
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Photo: Troy Holden. H/T SFist. San Francisco police are still searching for the driver of a Nissan Rogue who ran down four cyclists last night over the course of several minutes, before crashing his vehicle into a pole and fleeing on foot. The SFPD could only describe the driver as a white male of unknown […]
Eyes on the Street: What Do You Think of the New SFO Bike Lanes?
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New bike lanes were recently installed around San Francisco International Airport, and the reviews are coming in. Streetsblog San Francisco reader John Murphy, who was the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition’s 2010 Commuter of the Year, thinks there’s lots of room for improvement. He sent us this scolding review, along with the photos: The new bike […]
Punched for Riding a Bike
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Last Wednesday, March 8, at 9:15 am, Mary Ann Blackwell was riding her bike down Martin Luther King in Oakland, on her way to the MacArthur BART station, to get to an appointment in San Francisco. She turned left onto 40th, to reach the station entrance. The long-time cycling advocate saw something familiar to cyclists […]