Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycle Design

San Francisco Company Brings Good Design to City Bikes

By Matthew Roth | Apr 5, 2010 | 34 Comments

Orange Public Bike in Golden Gate Park. Photo: Public Bikes With a burgeoning market for bicycles made for practical urban commuting, a new company based in San Francisco has a vision for bridging the divide between the cruiser market and high-end racing models and possibly change the perspective about the role bicycles can play in […]

Hopenhagen or Carbonhagen, We’ll Still be Cycling Regardless

By Chris Carlsson | Dec 17, 2009 | 9 Comments

Cycling chic in Copenhagen, and this is a cold day in December! I caught Mikael Colville-Andersen’s inspiring talk on urban cycling from the Copenhagen context at San Francisco’s SPUR on the last Friday of October. I suggested we could do an interview when I came to Copenhagen in December and he graciously agreed, stepping outside […]

SF Transportation Authority Bicycle Tracker Available for Android

By Matthew Roth | Dec 15, 2009 | 4 Comments

As we reported last month, the San Francisco County Transportation Authority (TA) released an innovative new application for mobile devices that allows users to track their bicycle commuting patterns with a GPS-enabled iPhone or iPod and share those trips with the agency responsible for improving bicycle networks around the city. Now CycleTracks is compatible on […]

Everyday “City Bikes” Need a Stimulus

By Dave Snyder | Sep 14, 2009 | 21 Comments

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?" […]

San Francisco Moves to Meet Its Complete Streets Obligations

By Matthew Roth | Sep 11, 2009 | 2 Comments

Photo: j@ys0n While San Francisco Department of Public Works (DPW) Director Ed Reiskin has quietly pushed behind-the-scenes to accelerate Pavement to Parks plazas, the recently announced Market Street trial changes, and other visible projects that reclaim street space for green space and people, some advocates are concerned with how well his agency is coordinating around […]

Eyes on the Street: Stenciler Urges Drivers to Keep Clear of Bike Lane

By Bryan Goebel | Jul 7, 2009 | 22 Comments

Flickr photo: thornley A mystery stenciler/good citizen isn’t waiting for the MTA to implement measures to stop the mess of drivers seeking cheap gas from continuing to obstruct the bike lane on Fell Street at Divisadero. Early Sunday morning, someone stenciled "keep clear" signs in the bike lane, and painted antlers on the bicyclist symbol. […]

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