Bicycling
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A Multimodal Field Trip in Honor of CA’s New Bike and Pedestrian Plan
Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty was joined by Caltrans staff to mark the release of Caltrans' new statewide bike and pedestrian plan with a multimodal field trip: a train ride from Sacramento to Emeryville, and from there a bike ride on the Alex Zuckerman Bicycle/Pedestrian Path along the Oakland Bay Bridge to the new Vista Point on Yerba Buena Island.
May 26, 2017
Caltrans Comes up with Safety Fix for Dangerous Interchange: Ban Bikes
Caltrans wants to make this intersection safer. So did they propose protected bicycle lanes? Some kind of ramp complex to separate bikes from cars, such as San Francisco did with the hairball? No. They proposed banning bikes from riding there.
May 24, 2017
Caltrans Adopts Statewide Bike and Pedestrian Plan
While Caltrans does not have jurisdiction over local transportation planning or policies, it does wield considerable influence over local planning decisions, and it provides expertise and guidance. A statewide plan that provides a cohesive vision for safe, comfortable biking and walking in California communities is an important step.
May 23, 2017
Connecting Cities’ Scattered Bikeways Is Going to Be Harder, But Worth It
When the low-hanging fruit has all been eaten, there's only one thing to do: climb higher.
May 22, 2017
Ped Crossing Bill Moves Forward, Bike Stop/Yield Bill on Hold
The pedestrian countdown crossing bill is a needed update to an outdated law. The stop-sign-as-yield bill upsets people who don't understand its intent.
May 9, 2017
Oakland Opens its First Concrete-Curb-Protected Bike Lane
Only when this kind of infrastructure become commonplace will the Bay Area achieve the mode share it desires.
May 9, 2017
Celebrating the Opening of Yerba Buena Island Vista Point to Bikes
It was a beautiful day to mark the Bay Bridge "People" Path's new seven-days-a-week open hours, and to ride a bike to the new Vista Point on Yerba Buena Island.
May 2, 2017
For Protected Bike Lanes, Protesters Put Their Bodies in the Street
A human chain lined the "protected" bike lane on Golden Gate Avenue. The idea was to keep motorists off the lane, of course. But the protest was also designed to highlight the watering down of the Turk Street and Golden Gate Avenue safety projects.
May 2, 2017
SPUR Talk: The State of Cycling in San Francisco
A San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association panel concludes: San Francisco has made strides in increasing bicycling mode share, but its bike infrastructure is still bad.
April 28, 2017
It’s Hard to Overstate the Health Benefits of Biking to Work
A massive new study of commuters in the United Kingdom reveals that people who bike to work tend to live longer and are at lower risk of heart disease and cancer. While the study establishes correlation but doesn't prove causation, the size of the sample and the magnitude of the effects strongly suggest that biking to work can yield major health benefits.
April 24, 2017
