Dave Snyder
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Big Admission: ‘I Was Wrong About Sharrows’
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Dave Snyder, currently the senior director for infrastructure at PeopleForBikes, was a key player in the proliferation of shared lane markings back when he was executive director of the California Bicycle Coalition. Twenty years later, he’s disillusioned with them.
Take Action: Complete Streets Bill Now on Governor Newsom’s Desk
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S.B. 127 needs your support
Guest Editorial: Complete Streets Bill Would Help California Bicycle Riders and Pedestrians
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Caltrans calls them highways, but we call them home.
MTC Meeting Tomorrow is Muni’s Best Chance for $17 Million
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A proposed alternative to the Oakland Airport Connector. Image: TransForm Muni riders have a chance at a reprieve from the one thousand hours per day of lost service that the MTA is proposing to cut in order to plug a $17 million deficit before the end of the fiscal year in June. The service cuts […]
California Bicycle Advocates Debate Statewide Legislative Agenda
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The SFBC will try again to protect bicyclists and pedestrians at Market & Octavia by permitting camera enforcement against illegal right turns. With a deadline for filing bills in the Legislature for 2010 fast approaching, the California Bicycle Coalition and local advocates are debating what this year’s statewide agenda should be. The San Francisco Bicycle […]
Critical Mass Not the Only Universal Aspect of Bangalore Bike Activism
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Bangalore Critical Mass starts, sometimes with a thumbs up salute, from Cubbon Park at 4:30 p.m. every last Saturday. What a joy to ride my bike through the insanely congested Bangalore streets, surrounded by a group of rambunctious bicyclists! The first anniversary of the Bangalore Critical Mass attracted about 50 riders and felt shockingly familiar, […]
SFBC Presses for Bike Access on a Piece of Geary Boulevard
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The relatively gentle grades of Geary Blvd. approaching Masonic make it the route of choice for most bicyclists in the corridor. The SFBC is working with the Transportation Authority (TA) to get a bicycle path considered for a portion of the Geary BRT project, a result of a meeting held between the two groups recently. […]
SPUR Offers a Bold Bike Path Proposal for the Embarcadero
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It would someday rank among the world’s most beautiful bike paths. Imagine a separated, 2.5-mile bicycle path between the northbound traffic lanes of the Embarcadero and the pedestrian promenade from AT&T Park to Fisherman’s Wharf. Not only would it provide a safe and dignified passage for cyclists, it would cut down on bike and pedestrian […]
Is the Geary Bus Rapid Transit Project in Jeopardy?
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Photo: plug1 If the Geary Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project doesn’t get some love from advocates and the general public, the project could be in trouble, according to several people closely following the process. "I look to the left, I look to the right, all I see is opposition and criticism," says Joel Ramos, a […]
It’s Time to Turn Oak and Fell Into Slow Streets
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Flickr photo: pbo31 The SFMTA’s plans to install freeway-style traffic information signs on Oak and Fell Streets were not very popular, to say the least, at last week’s meeting of the North of Panhandle Neighborhood Association. The signs, two of seven the MTA plans to install around the city, are part of the SFgo program […]
Everyday “City Bikes” Need a Stimulus
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This Oma-fiets (or, Grandma-bicycle, in Dutch) sits for sale at the Market Street storefront of "My Dutch Bike" while a typical "American" bike is pedaled by outside. Photo by Frank Chan. Like so many people, when Soraya Nasirian saw Dutch people on bicycles, she had an epiphany. "Why aren’t more Americans riding bicycles like this?" […]
Can SF Improve Upon New York’s Bicycle Access Bill?
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Flickr photo: kate at yr own risk Now that the New York City Council has approved a Bicycle Access Bill requiring commercial buildings to allow bicyclists entry, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition is ready to push for a San Francisco version of the requirement "by the end of the year." New York’s bill, which is […]