The Examiner writes that the autopsy report investigating the death of 22-year-old visiting German student Nils Yannick Linke, who was killed in a hit and run in August, was recently released. His death was determined to be the result of vehicular homicide, and 36-year-old Josh Calder, who allegedly ran him over, then fled the scene after switching seats with his girlfriend, is scheduled to appear in court this week to discuss the report. more ›

We're not the only city where bikes and cars are at war: the Bloomberg administration in New York has vastly expanded the bike lanes in the city to about 250 miles worth, and some residents are up in arms over losing roadway to bikes. A proposed 2-mile-long bike lane was recently nixed on Staten Island amid complaints from residents, and last year Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn waged a battle against a 14-block bike lane that was added along Bedford Avenue, and has since been removed. "It takes some adjustment, and we’re definitely in that adjustment phase," says Paul White, executive director of a bicycle advocacy group. more ›

... And it's Halloween Critical Mass at that. Don't try to get anywhere in a hurry come 6:30 or 7:00... (Pics from last year.) more ›

Just a few days after German tourist Mechthild Schroeer was killed by stray gunfire near Union Square, 21-year-old Nils Linke, who was also a tourist from Germany, was struck and killed on his bike on Masonic Avenue near Turk on Friday night. The driver fled the scene, but police were able to track him down thanks to eye witness descriptions. more ›

Today Mission Mission has a delightful chat with Junior, who's been a bike messenger about town for 35 years. He's sticking with the biz, despite it not being such a growth industry. more ›

Good news for motorists and cyclists alike: Bike NOPA reports that a plan has been hashed out for a designated curbside queue lane for the ever-popular and cheap ARCO station at Fell and Divisidero that makes traffic around there so effing miserable (not to mention dangerous) during commute hours. The plan also includes a yellow bike lane to the right of the gas lane. The only objectors here will be the locals who'll be losing street parking spots, so prepare for that griping. [via SF Citizen, who is quick to note the Porsche 944 parked in the foreground.] more ›

A judge in NYC has ruled that Critical Mass needs a parade permit. more ›

This should please those commenters whose knee-jerk response to any and all posts regarding transit woes is "Get a bike.": UPS, who lately has been bombarding us with those ads with the white-board guy in a lady wig, is going inadvertently green this holiday season. Due to the unsustainable costs of renting extra trucks to accommodate delivery of holiday packages, UPS is employing bicycles with little trailers towed behind them in select neighborhoods around the Bay Area. more ›

Good news! The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will reopen by 9 a.m. today. Although it was initially reported that the bridge will remain closed during this morning's commute -- and, for the most part, it has -- it will open. more ›

Friday's Critical Mass was particularly colorful this month in celebration of Halloween. We saw the group go by outside A.C.T before the start of Mamet's November, and the theater crowd was into it. more ›

Hopefully, everyone got their anti-cyclist venom out yesterday, and we can turn now to this scene of unfortunate pain and near tragedy. It looks like a poor cyclist was smacked by a Sports Utility Vehicle going in reverse on Wednesday in Golden Gate Park. Here we give you a pic of the cyclist and after the jump, one of the Toyota 4Runner that hit him. (via SF Citizen) more ›

We're receiving a report of cops cracking down on cyclists running red lights and issuing tickets. The report comes from near Zuni at Van Ness and Market, and multiple cyclists have received citations in the last hour or two. Perhaps another way of beefing up the revenues of the SFPD, or a new phase in Gascon's quality-of-life campaign. Be wary out there, bikers! Traffic laws apply to you too! more ›

Three years after a court-ordered injunction on citywide bicycle improvement projects, an impact study by the SFMTA is expected to be adopted by the City as early as June. Just to back up, this study was demanded by a group of non-cycling citizens--and validated by a Superior Court Judge--who challenged the City's Transit First policy, asking that City Hall examine the impact of all bicycle improvement projects on everything from traffic flow to parking availability. According to Timothy Papandreou and Judson True of the SFMTA, the first of the proposed projects--including new bike lanes, a bicycle sharing program, and retiming of certain traffic signals to benefit cyclists--could now begin as soon as the new budget takes effect on July 1. more ›

For such a hilly town, we sure do have a lot of bicyclists. In case you're of the cyclist persuasion and want to see what kinds of fun new routes our city will be adding, tomorrow at the Grove Street auditorium from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., Muni will be hosting an open house of sorts to discuss improvements of the bicycle routes in San Francisco. more ›