San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, September 2nd, 2010
This is the first in an ongoing series to meet the people in the new bike lanes.
Sky Stanfield, Environmental and Renewable Energy Lawyer for Keyes & Fox, LLP.
How will the North Point Bike Lanes improve your commute?
A couple of days a week I ride from my apartment in NOPA, over to the Presidio, down to Crissy Field and through Ft. Mason to the Dolphin Club. After a frosty swim in the Bay I hop on my bike again and ride to the Embarcadero BART station to get to my office in Oakland. The North Point bike lane gives me enough room as I ride in my own lane alongside morning car commuters — this new bike lane is a major improvement and connection for my morning commute! Prior to the installation of the bike lane on North Point I was biking on Beach St. to the Embarcadero because North Point was so hectic, but Beach St. is not that inviting and involves precarious crossings of three different sets of street-car tracks, close calls with buses and a bumpy ride along a cobbled street. The North Point bike lane has made a meaningful difference in my commute. Read the rest of this entry »
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, September 2nd, 2010
The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition book ended our day with two ribbon cutting ceremonies to celebrate the new bike lanes on North Point Street. The first was early morning with the City’s Municipal Transportation Agency, Johanna Partin from the Mayor’s office and Judson True from David Chiu’s office the second ribbon cutting in the evening with a large group of our members. Read the rest of this entry »
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, August 30th, 2010
Celebrate these new bike lanes on North Point.
Join the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition to celebrate the completion of the first mile of bike lane on North Point Street this Tuesday, August 31st. Over 30 miles of bike lanes are approved and funded and will soon on streets all across San Francisco creating safer connections for people biking. Read the rest of this entry »
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, August 26th, 2010
By Jodie Van Horn
Mission Community Market, closed-off at Bartlett Street. Photo by Colleen McHugh for SPUR.
Forget what your mama told you. The streets can be a perfectly safe place to play if you get the right permit.
“Play Streets” are not some far-fetched fantasy of a children’s book in which cars turn to bouncy castles and parking spaces become four-square courts. In fact, Play Streets are the very real and repeatable result of an actual movement to make urban environments more livable, safe and fun for kids. Neighbors, parents, individuals, and even schools in San Francisco have the ability to transform neighborhood streets into playgrounds. And it doesn’t require a child’s imagination to do so.
Akin to a mini Sunday Streets, Play Streets is the temporary opening of residential blocks for use by people, and a means of giving kids somewhere to get plentiful outdoor time in neighborhoods that otherwise have a shortage of safe or available parks and fresh air play spaces. “It’s much like a block party,” Kit Hodge, Director of the San Francisco Great Streets Project, a program that partners with the Bike Coalition, SPUR, and other groups advocating for livable urban spaces, explains. Except this block party has more than potato salad.
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San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, August 19th, 2010
We are on the brink of something huge in San Francisco – a bike lane explosion. The City has been given the Green Light to complete 34 miles of new bike lanes! And, the SF Bicycle Coalition is swinging into action, pressing the City to complete over 13 miles by the end of the year.
Moving our City to act this quickly won’t be easy. And, we need your help to make it happen.
Two San Francisco Bicycle Coalition members have donated a total of $10,000 to fuel our daily work in pushing the City to stay on track with bike lane implementation. These two members challenge you to rise to the Green Light Challenge and match their generous support.
Any special contribution ($25, $50, $100, $1,000) made to the SF Bicycle Coalition (or SFBC Education Fund) by Friday, September 3rd will be matched $1 to $1 up to $10,000 for a total $20,000 financial boost! Take the Green Light Challenge today. Read the rest of this entry »
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, August 18th, 2010
City crews were striping the Townsend Street Bike Lane last week.
An Editorial in today’s San Francisco Chronicle reiterates what the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition is feeling — now that the Bike Plan injunction is lifted, improvements to streets can’t happen quickly enough. With the record numbers of people bicycling (seven in 10 San Franciscans rode a bike last year) these long-awaited improvements are certain to help everyone feel more confident, comfortable and safe when they bike to shop, to work and to play. See a list of approved projects here.
The original editorial is here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/17/ED0D1EUOF9.DTL#ixzz0wzElVuIa
and also copied here:
Accident proves need for expanded bike lanes
San Francisco’s long-delayed plans for a citywide network of bicycle lanes received a sad endorsement over the weekend. A 21-year-old bike rider was struck and killed by an allegedly drunken driver in a hit-and-run. The accident spot was due for pavement striping to separate bicycles from vehicles. Read the rest of this entry »
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, August 18th, 2010
By Anna Lebedeff
- Bike bag bounty from coast to coast. From SF, Hambone Designs Top Tube VeloPocket (left) and an upcycled inner tube bag from Vaya of NY (right). Photo by Anna Lebedeff
If you think it’s too early to start making your holiday gift list, you’re not thinking like a crafter. Do-it-yourselfers from across the country and beyond are already making plans to attend San Francisco’s next Renegade Craft Fair in December.
I had the occasion to meet with some of the bike-inspired booth-holders at the recent RCF at San Francisco’s Fort Mason Festival Pavilion. Their one-of-a kind goods were as rare and exciting as the few hours of sun we were graced with that afternoon. As I perused the aisles, I took it upon myself to begin my own wish list.
Not one, not two, but four of my favorite vendors peddled bags. And the beauty, besides the obvious contained in the designs, was their diversity. Each bag, though derived from a love of bikes, has a unique concept, fabrication and aesthetic. It is for this very reason that even some men I know have more bags than I do.
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San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, August 13th, 2010
City Dump offers artists a chance to divert trash from landfills
By Suzanne Ash
A "Bike Fence" Stands tall at Recology SF's Sculpture Garden.
For 20 years now, artists have been coming to the City Dump to interrupt the flow of waste sent to landfills, diverting trash to create treasures. Join the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition and Recology SF at Intersection 5M (925 Mission St.) on August 21st for a recreational bike ride and recycling and sustainability journey. Before you see the treasures that have become of the trash, the ride will uncover the progression of San Francisco’s waste — from home to heap. Read the rest of this entry »
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, August 9th, 2010
Mayor Gavin Newsom, along with the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, the Municipal Transportation Agency, City leaders, neighborhood groups and business owners were out on Townsend Street today to celebrate the first bike lane striped after Friday’s San Francisco Superior Court’s ruling to fully lift the four-year-old Bike Plan Injunction. City crews were standing by to stripe this new bike lane creating an important link all the way from Eighth Street to the Embarcadero — a key connection for people bicycling downtown and to the Caltrain station. The Court’s ruling coupled with the City’s commitment to safer, friendlier streets will propel San Francisco to become one of America’s most bicycle-friendly cities. Read the rest of this entry »
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, August 6th, 2010
(SAN FRANCISCO, CA) —San Francisco will be nearly doubling the miles of bike lanes on City streets with today’s San Francisco Superior Court’s full lifting of a four-year-old Bike Plan Injunction. San Francisco is poised to stripe a record 35 bike lanes on key streets such as Townsend St., North Point St., 17th St., Portola Dr., and Ocean Ave. and once again make all streets safer for everyone. Today’s ruling coupled with the City’s commitment to safer, friendlier streets will propel San Francisco into becoming one of America’s most bicycle-friendly cities.
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