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Feds Commit Money to Howard Street Improvements
Significant upgrades will be coming to Howard Street's mostly paint-and-plastic based protected bike lanes in SoMa.
August 11, 2022
Open Letter to the S.F. Board of Supervisors: Fix this Deadly Grate in Golden Gate Park
There's a bicycle booby trap in the park. The Music Concourse manager refuses to fix it. The City Attorney and the Board of Supervisors must intervene.
August 10, 2022
California’s Laws on Cell Phone Use While Driving Are Not Good Enough
Washington and Oregon, which have similar distracted driving law on cellphone use, reduced crashes at a higher rate than California
August 9, 2022
The Problem With EV ‘Acoustic Vehicle Alerting Systems’ That No One Is Talking About
Countless marginalized U.S. communities, though, are already being annoyed by car noise —and experts say that may not change even if every vehicle on the road were electrified overnight.
August 8, 2022
How to Get Bike Lanes in Your Town
"We can't afford it" means "I don't care about it." Either politicians don't see its potential value for themselves, or they don't feel the pain of its absence in the way that people outside of cars do.
August 5, 2022
Eyes on the Street: Culver City’s Renovated Culver Blvd Bikeway
Recent bike/walk upgrades, part of the city's City project Culver Boulevard Realignment and Urban Stormwater Project, included resurfacing, new lighting, and extensive new native landscaping
August 2, 2022
Commentary: I Crashed on a Dangerous Grate in Golden Gate Park
How would anyone know that's an "automobile ramp" where bikes are prohibited?
July 29, 2022
City to Compromise Safety for Parking on Octavia/Market Death Trap
SFMTA will cut short a protected bike lane to appease merchants and preserve free private car storage
July 29, 2022
Bad Road Design Is Stoking the U.S. Pedestrian Death Crisis
States that built streets for speed over safety experienced big fatality jumps even as driving diminished during the pandemic.
July 13, 2022
Drunk Drivers Who Kill Could Be Paying for their Crime for Almost 20 Years
New York's legislature is only following Tennessee and other states that are seeking to make drunk drivers pay child support if their actions orphan a child.
July 11, 2022
