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Oakland Police Throw Rich City Rides’s Najari Smith in Jail
This past Friday, August 3, Najari Smith, founder and executive director of Rich City Rides, was leading a group of young people to a Friday Night Bike Party ride, sometime between 8:30 and 9. He was towing his music system on his bike when he was arrested by Oakland Police, in or near the parking lot of the Taco Bell in downtown Oakland, ostensibly for playing loud music.
August 7, 2018
Oakland’s Swift Safety Strategy Coming to Lake Merritt Station
DOT makes plan for safety fixes around Lake Merritt BART as if lives depend on it
August 2, 2018
Bike Coalition Honors Vision Zero Heroes
Advocates renew commitment to safe streets at last night's annual Golden Wheel Awards
July 27, 2018
Editorial: Prevent Another Tragedy on the Embarcadero by Dividing the Promenade
If the family had stayed home and gone for a bike ride on Vancouver's waterfront, it's unlikely they would have been in a serious crash, because they wouldn't be riding in the street with traffic in the first place.
July 24, 2018
Streetsblog Q&A with BART Board Candidate Janice Li
Late last week, Janice Li, Advocacy Director for the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, stopped by City Hall to pull papers and officially begin her campaign for the District 8 seat of the BART Board
July 23, 2018
Advocates Want Better Valencia Street Options
SFMTA planners and engineers unveiled three initial design proposals for re-configuring the bike lanes on Valencia Street.
July 20, 2018
Advocates, Angered by Townsend Project Cancellation, Dominate SFMTA Board Meeting
Some sixty advocates from the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, and more from other street safety groups, came to today's SFMTA board meeting to demand the agency reinstate the Townsend Corridor Improvement Project
July 17, 2018
Bicycle Coalition Demands Change after Pedicab Driver’s Death
After years of safety plans languishing in interdepartmental hell, SFBC renews calls for fixing the Embarcadero
July 10, 2018
Marin Motorist Receives Light Sentence for Running Down Cyclists
Despite previous hit & run charge and video evidence, driver who ran down four cyclist receives minimal jail time
July 9, 2018
Another Bad Crash as Embarcadero Safety Project Languishes
A hit-and-run driver slammed into a pedicab yesterday on the Embarcadero near Pier 29, sometime before 5 p.m., injuring a family, including two children. From the Fire Department's news feed, the victims sustained "serious injuries" and included a "five and an eight-year-old." It was later clarified that only the pedicab driver sustained life-threatening injuries, according to a report by CBS.
June 28, 2018
