Bay Area Bike to Work Day: The Event List
Contrary to popular opinion, cycling does not require Spandex. It does demand two wheels, legs, lungs, fair reflexes, working brakes, lights if it's dark, a little patience, a love of the wind in your...
View ArticleBerkeley Police Say Missing Bicyclist Spotted; Call Matter "Private"
KQED's Mina Kim just received this interesting update on the missing Berkeley bicyclist from the Berkeley Police Department: The City of Berkeley Police Department (BPD) detectives have confirmed a...
View ArticleLance Armstrong Faces Fresh Doping Charges; Interview From Gavin Newsom Show
The Washington Post is reporting that the United States Anti-Doping Agency has brought formal charges against cycling legend Lance Armstrong. From the Post: In the 15-page charging letter obtained by...
View ArticleLance Armstrong's Confession Could Affect Big San Francisco Financier
He was adamant. Outraged. Indignant. In his May 18 interview with Calif. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Current TV, cyclist Lance Armstrong denied taking performance enhancing drugs. This Thursday in an...
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Bikeway on San Francisco’s Embarcadero a Step Closer to Reality
The Embarcadero attracts many bicyclists, as well as cars and pedestrians. (Jeremy Raff/KQED) When planners were redesigning the Embarcadero in the 1990s, where a quake-damaged double-deck freeway had...
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Pricey Water Bike Makes a Splash
Judah Schiller, inventor of Schiller X1 water bike, gives a demonstration at St Francis Yacht Club (Mark Andrew Boyer / KQED) Mill Valley resident Judah Schiller pedaled into the national spotlight...
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Give Cyclists 3 Feet, It’s The Law
Drivers must give cyclists 3 feet or face a $35 fine. (Jeremy Raff/KQED) By Bay City News Service While cars passing bicyclists always had to give them a safe distance, California has now defined that...
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Study: Bike Deaths Up 16 Percent In Just Two Years
More bicyclists are dying in collisions with cars. And a lot of those bikers are male, drunk and not wearing a helmet. Those are the findings of a report released today by the Governors Highway Safety...
View ArticleCyclist Charged for Attack on Car at Critical Mass
Update, Wednesday Sept. 9: A bicyclist who allegedly attacked a Zipcar with his bike lock during August’s Critical Mass bike ride was charged with four felonies on Wednesday, prosecutors said. Ian...
View ArticleMajority of S.F. Supervisors Back ‘Idaho Stop’ Proposal for Cyclists
Updated to include Tuesday’s comments by San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr (12:55 p.m., 9/22/15) At least six of the 11 members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors back a proposed ordinance...
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San Francisco Gets Ready for Its First Raised Bikeway
A type of bikeway popular in bicycling meccas like Copenhagen and Amsterdam is going to be tested on San Francisco’s main thoroughfare starting next month. It’s a design that transportation officials...
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Grieving Mom Calls for Safer Streets After Fatal Market Street Bike Collision
Brenda Kett refuses to believe her son is to blame for his own death. Mark Heryer had ridden a bike for most of his life and was skilled at navigating mountain trails and chaotic city streets. But...
View ArticleBerkeley Gets New ‘Protected’ Bike Lane at Site of Near-Fatal Collision
As the Bay Area celebrated Bike to Work Day last Thursday, Berkeley was inaugurating a new “protected” bike lane near the scene of a harrowing February collision involving a cyclist and an allegedly...
View ArticleS.F. Bike Advocates Blast Mayor for ‘Hollow Words’ After 2 Cyclists Die in...
Updated, 3 p.m. Thursday: San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee expressed anger about “illegal, irresponsible, outrageous” motorist behavior that resulted in the hit-and-run deaths of two cyclists on city streets...
View ArticleS.F. Officials Backpedal on ‘New’ Traffic Safety Initiatives
San Francisco’s top transportation official is conceding that dozens of “new” traffic safety initiatives — measures Mayor Ed Lee announced amid demands for action after two cyclists died in hit-and-run...
View ArticleIt’s Official: Caltrans Opens Full Bay Bridge Bike Path
With cyclists and walkers eagerly awaiting word, agency says the last segment of the trail will open on Sunday.
View ArticleOff the Hamster Wheel
For the new year we bring you a story about how the thing you think makes you strong, may actually be your crutch. And about how letting go can make you stronger than you ever knew you could be.
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