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Eyes on the Street: Buffered Bike Lanes for Students on Ortega in the Sunset

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 19, 2014 | 13 Comments

The SFMTA has installed new bike lanes and traffic calming measures on Ortega Street in the Outer Sunset, bringing a safer commute for parents and students in time for the start of the school year. Ortega runs along Sunset Elementary School and AP Giannini Middle School, which occupy the four blocks between 37th and 41st Avenues. […]

SF’s Biggest Bike to School Day Yet Marks a Growing Trend Among Students

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 12, 2012 | 19 Comments

Kids at 40 schools this morning participated in San Francisco’s biggest Bike to School Day yet. The level of participation, in the event’s fourth year, reflects steady growth in levels of biking and walking to schools throughout the year. San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC) Executive Director Leah Shahum said an enthusiastic group of more than […]

San Francisco Schools Take Part in Second Annual Bike to School Day

By Michael Rhodes | Apr 15, 2010 | 3 Comments

Students at Sunset Elementary School student ride their bikes to school today. Photos: Michael Rhodes Across the city this morning, kids and their parents hopped on bikes to get to school, many of them breaking out of a car commute routine that’s no fun for either party. At Sunset Elementary School, one of dozens of […]

New Bike Racks Installed at Balboa High School

By Michael Rhodes | Sep 11, 2009 | 7 Comments

New bicycle racks at Balboa High. Flickr photo: Christopher Pepper The City of San Francisco is still barred from installing any new bike infrastructure because of a three-year-old injunction, but that’s not stopping the San Francisco Unified School District from installing bike racks at the city’s schools. The school district isn’t covered by the injunction, […]

First Bike to School Day in San Francisco a Success

By Matthew Roth | May 28, 2009 | 9 Comments

A very happy bike-riding student at Monroe Elementary School in the Excelsior. Flickr photo: Marc Caswell All morning I’ve been asking myself (and some others) why kids riding bicycles to school is a pressworthy event. Don’t kids always ride bikes to school or have we become so car-dependent that even this sancrosanct part of being […]

SF School District Encourages Students to Bike

By Benjamin Caldwell | Feb 26, 2009 | No Comments

Students brush up their bicycling skills at Francisco Middle School. Sustainable school transportation officials and advocates have celebrated the installation of the first new bike racks in the San Francisco Unified School District in many years. Francisco Middle School, one of eight schools to receive a new rack, played host to the event. Francisco students […]