Bicycling
Streetsblog California
London’s Protected Bike Lanes Move People 5 Times More Efficiently Than Car Lanes
Leave it to a Brit to deliver a mathematical smackdown this courteously.
November 29, 2017
Bay Area Caltrans District Refines its Bike Plan
Caltrans District 4 planners are hosting a final round of community workshops on proposed bicycle improvement priorities for state-owned roads in the Bay Area.
November 14, 2017
People-Protected Bike Lane on Embarcadero
Protesters stood on the white line that in theory separates motor vehicles from bicyclists. In practice the paint on its own does little to keep cars out of bike lanes.
November 3, 2017
Eyes on the Street: Folsom Protected Bike Lanes Start Construction
Streetsblog tipsters riding on Folsom through SoMa had some good news to report: the parking-protected bike lanes, part of the short term improvements planned for this street, are now under construction.
October 31, 2017
Santa Ana Active Streets Is Building an Equity-Centered, Resident-Led Transportation Coalition
Herein a short history of the founding of SAAS and what makes it distinct from transportation advocacy groups in other parts of the country, including some of the guiding principles that helped form the coalition.
October 20, 2017
SF Bicycle Cop Struck, Severely Injured, Outside Opera Plaza Garage
Officer Elia Lewin-Tankel of the Tenderloin police station was critically injured while riding his bicycle beat yesterday afternoon. A suspect is in custody.
October 20, 2017
Eyes on the Street: Bus Platform Pilot on First Street in DTLA
LADOT has installed a new Temporary Bus Platform Pilot in front of City Hall
October 19, 2017
Flashing Beacons Are the Wrong Way to Make a Bike Way
Berkeley bike advocates are pushing back against the use of flashing lights at intersections where the city's 'bike boulevards' cross heavily trafficked streets. Instead, they say, use four-way stop signs.
October 9, 2017
What Happened to the Term “Allegedly” When it Comes to Cyclists?
The press tried and convicted a bike rider without evidence after a collision in San Francisco.
September 29, 2017
Supervisor Shocked to Hear Uber and Lyft Violate Bike and Transit Lanes
Some two-thirds of citations for driving in transit lanes and bike lanes, failing to yield to pedestrians, and other motor vehicle violations, are issued to Transportation Network Company (TNC) cars such as Uber and Lyft--this according to a study from the police department of violations in downtown San Francisco.
September 27, 2017
