Marin Cycling Booster Shifts Gears After 13 Years
Deb Hubsmith, a cycling zealot whose political savvy blazed many North Bay bike paths over the past 13 years, will step down as advocacy director for the Marin County Bicycle Coalition to focus on the national Safe Routes to School program she founded.
June 7, 2011
Cyclist Outcry Forces Delay on GG Bridge Speed Limit Vote
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.”
April 21, 2011
Cal Park Tunnel Opening Ceremony Sees Hundreds of Cyclists
Hundreds of joyous Marin County cyclists pedaled through the Cal Park Hill tunnel Friday afternoon as officials cut the ribbon on a $27 million holiday present that supporters hailed as a national model for green transportation.
December 10, 2010
Cal Park Tunnel Opening Today Culminates Nearly Two Decades of Planning
After 17 years of planning, the Cal Park tunnel will open to Marin County cyclists today, providing a shorter, safer route between San Rafael and the Larkspur Ferry for an estimated 800,000 riders a year.
December 10, 2010
Cyclists Celebrate Reopening of Upper Conzelman Road in Marin Headlands
Despite the threat of thunderstorms, scores of cyclists climbed the Marin Headlands on Saturday as the Golden Gate National Recreation Area celebrated the completion of the first year of a four-year effort to upgrade roads for cyclists, cars and pedestrians.
November 22, 2010
Landscapers Used Banned Pesticide on New Marin County Bike Path
Marin County's ribbon cutting and celebratory ride Monday in the Alameda del Prado bike lanes - a
long-missing link in the county's North-South bikeway - was followed by the revelation that landscapers used a weedkiller banned under the county's
strict pesticide law.
August 4, 2010
Talk of Bike Tax Riles Cyclists in Sausalito
Talk of a one-dollar tax on rental bikes in Sausalito is fanning long-simmering tensions between the picturesque city and the local cycling community.
March 16, 2010
Sausalito To Install Donated Bike Racks for Tourists
What do you do when hundreds of cyclotourists descend on your bucolic village, clogging sidewalks with rented bikes? The Sausalito City Council is trying to quell a virulent public debate with a tried-and-true solution: install a lot of bike racks.
April 22, 2009
Marin’s Cal Park Tunnel To Open by February 2010
Within a few weeks, there should literally be a light at the end of the Cal Park tunnel for cyclists commuting from San Rafael to the Larkspur ferry. Engineers are mucking out dirt and boulders on the collapsed south end of the 1,100-foot tunnel, making room for an 11.5-foot wide bike path and tracks for the SMART commuter rail trains.
April 2, 2009