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How — and Why — To Start a Neighborhood E-Bike Library
American advocates are loaning out e-bikes to their neighbors — and creating flocks of new riders.
March 18, 2024
SFMTA Used Design, Education to Encourage Slower and Safer Left Turns
Forty percent of the traffic deaths in San Francisco in 2019 were caused when drivers made left turns and didn’t see someone in the crosswalk they were heading into until it was too late.
November 22, 2021
To Do While Isolating: Write a Letter in Support of the Dutch Reach
The "Dutch Reach" could prevent doorings, which cause serious injuries and deaths in the U.S. every year
March 16, 2020
Berkeley Unified School District Considers Adopting a Sustainability Plan
Why aren't more school districts thinking about these issues? And why is it taking so long?
November 14, 2018
California Needs More Bike Ticket Diversion Programs
Mr. L's story shows how ineffective and harmful just handing out tickets to bike riders can be
October 10, 2018
Active Transportation Resource Center Offers New Course in Planning and Designing for Bicycles
This introductory course, open to all, promises to review California’s commitment to support all modes of transportation, with participants learning how to apply bicycle design concepts that "best balance competing needs on a specific route."
March 16, 2018
Ticket Diversion for Bike Riders 101
Different places have different approaches: an online course in Davis, a class taught by police officers in Gilroy. However they are run, bike classes benefit the entire community, and if diversion programs help create a wider educational program, so much the better.
April 12, 2017
One New California Bicycle Friendly University: S.F. State
SF State earned Bronze Level Bicycle Friendly University status with the work of one hard-working, enthusiastic, part-time student employee. How much better could it be with full-time staff and real attention to campus bikeability?
December 1, 2016
Safe Routes in Schools: Oceano Elementary’s Bike Friendly Playground Makeover
An elementary school in Oceano, California, just got the state's first permanent bicycle track—inside a schoolyard. Inspired by an enthusiastic teacher, organized by a supportive principal, and designed by the regional Safe Routes to School coordinator, the playground markings give kids a safe place to practice riding bikes while learning the rules of the road.
November 5, 2015