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For a City of Panhandles! Copenhagenize it!
We’ve been waiting for years now to see some physical changes to accommodate the huge increase in daily bicycling. We did get an odd set of painted bike lanes and green bike route signs, and a significant number of bike racks for parking, before it all came to a halt due to the injunction three years ago. After perusing the much-anticipated Draft Bicycle Plan and its dense bureaucratese, full of overlapping redundant promises, I’m afraid we’ll be waiting a good while longer to see the kinds of changes that we ought to be getting.
May 19, 2009
Bike to Work Day Draws Record Crowds of Cyclists
San Francisco's annual Bike to Work Day drew a record 200,000 bicyclists this morning, according to early estimates, making it the most successful bike to work day since it began 15 years ago. Crowds of cyclists took advantage of the SFBC Energizer Stations to get food and coffee and make new friends in what has become the most exciting and politically important year for bicycle improvements in the city.
May 14, 2009
Around the Bay on Bike to Work Day
With excitement building over the anticipated lifting of the Bicycle Injunction this summer, and hope that crews will soon begin work on priority street improvements throughout the bicycle network, advocates in San Francisco are expecting record numbers for the 15th annual Bike to Work Day tomorrow.
May 13, 2009
Hal Grades Your Bike Locking 3: The Final Warning!
It’s Bike Month – which means there are scads of neophytes out there nationwide giving cycling a try. Oh goody! But, oh baddy – it also means more improper locking – and we all know there are predators just licking their chops at the thought of stealing all or part of your bike. So we … Continued
May 12, 2009
Another Bicyclist Injured at Market/Octavia; Driver Not Cited
San Francisco's most dangerous intersection for bicyclists was the
scene of yet another crash this morning, caused by a driver making an
illegal right turn onto the freeway on southbound Market Street at
Octavia Boulevard.
April 27, 2009
Over the Pond
Editor's note: While changes appear to be in the works in London on the public space realm (check out our latest Streetfilm posted today), Chris Carlsson got a slightly different take when he visited there last week.
April 13, 2009
MTC to Award $1.3 Million for Bay Bridge West Span Bike Path Study
The Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA), a division of the MTC, is expected to approve a $1.3 million contract with TY Lin International consulting to prepare a Project Study Report (PSR) that would analyze the feasibility of adding two pedestrian and bicycle paths on the west span of the Bay Bridge (PDF). TY Lin is already a contractor on the new east span of the Bay Bridge being constructed between Yerba Buena Island and Oakland.
April 8, 2009
GM and Segway Unveil La-Z-Boy on Wheels
I'd be laughing right now if I could just stop crying.
April 7, 2009
Eyes on the Street: When Repaving Becomes a Hazard
If you've pedaled along Howard Street in SoMa lately, you've no doubt noticed the shoddy paving between 6th and 8th Streets. A DPW contractor repaved the street as part of a sewer main replacement project but in several areas left a two inch shelf in the middle of the bike lane, which is causing many cyclists to drift into traffic or struggle to keep upright, especially at night.
April 7, 2009