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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
Ride Will Celebrate Reopening of Upper Conzelman Road in Marin Headlands
The mother of all views of the Golden Gate Bridge has to be the ride up and over Conzelman Road on the Marin headlands west of the bridge.
November 19, 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
Engineers Lay Out Costs of Reopening Alto Tunnel to Bicyclists
Addressing a crowd of more than 100 people Wednesday, engineers said it could cost $40 million to $52 million to reopen the crumbling 125-year-old railroad tunnel between Mill Valley and Corte Madera for cyclists.
December 10, 2009
Marin County Bike Co-Op ‘A Community Hub for Culture and Technology’
Pairing environmentalism with a do-it-yourself ethic, a couple of guys who live the bike culture opened Marin County's first co-op bike repair shop, Bicycle Works, and already have people clamoring to sign up.
September 1, 2009
SMART to Use Heavier Rail Cars
The Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) Board, in a 9-2 vote, has elected to use heavier, American-made rail cars instead of lighter, quieter, low-floored, European-made models that some of the directors originally favored.
July 16, 2009
The Real Numbers on Golden Gate Bridge Bicycle Crashes
The Golden Gate Bridge draws thousands of tourists who walk and cycle on the span for its vistas of the city and the sunsets. Its sidewalks are also a major commute route for hundreds by daily bicycle commuters. And that means sometimes bicycles and pedestrians collide.
May 6, 2009
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