Bicycling

With last year's "Vision Zero" stats, memorial riders have hope for a safer future

Even on new streets, city continues using dangerous, out-dated bike lane designs.

San Francisco's 24th Bike to Work day did not start out well for District Six Supervisor and Mayoral Candidate Jane Kim. She woke up this morning and discovered her faithful steed had a flat tire. But she got it fixed in time to join a Bike to Work Day Commuter Convoy for a ride on some of the city's newest protected bike infrastructure. "I got to ride on protected bike lanes on Folsom, 7th and Turk," she said after the ride, at a rally on the steps of City Hall. "It's an incredible way to get to work."

Central to its "Bike to Work Day" festivities tomorrow, the City of Emeryville is officially opening Peladeau Park, another small segment of its developing safe-cycling network

Bike safety advocate Devon Warner just replaced Kate Slattery's ghost bike, at the corner of 7th and Howard, for the third time.

There's the Richmond Greenway. There's the Ohlone Greenway in El Cerrito. And then there was the gap between the two.

The changes bring a dramatic difference in feel to Shellmound Street; what had been a vehicle through-way now has a walkable, pedestrian-oriented scale.

The San Francisco Transit Riders (SFTR) released the results of its "Ride the Vote" survey yesterday. It reveals the stated positions of the mayoral candidates and District 8 candidates on local and regional transit issues.

Motivate, operator of Ford GoBike, the Bay Area's official bike-share system, added 250 electric assist bikes to the fleet today. The new black bikes were rolled out during an event this morning at Proxy in Hayes Valley.