A cyclist is fighting for his life this morning, after a brutal collision at one of San Francisco's most dangerous intersections Monday night.

San Francisco Police Department spokesperson Officer Carlos Manfredi says that calls regarding a collision between a cyclist and driver at the intersection of Geary Boulevard and Divisidero Street started pouring in at 8:42 p.m. Monday evening.

As the on-site investigation didn't wrap up until 2:30 Tuesday morning, Manfredi had yet to receive the full police report, but here's what he knew as of this morning: A male cyclist in his 20s suffered "pretty severe" injuries in the crash, and was bleeding and unconscious when first responders arrived.

Manfredi says that the driver remained at the scene. Though he or she (Manfredi didn't have that detail at publication time) wasn't cited on the spot, Manfredi says that "now that we know who they are, we can make a cite — or an arrest — at any time."

According to Manfredi, "somebody ran a red light, and now it's up to us to determine who." Investigators were there into the morning taking measurements and interviewing witnesses, he says. Surveillance footage in the area of the incident will also be sought, Manfredi says, and police are eager to speak with the cyclist when he is able.

In the comments to a Facebook post on the collision by Gabriel Gonzalez‎ of the San Francisco Bike Ride Crew, one rider says that the cyclist, identified only as "Mikey," is at San Francisco General Hospital "with brain swelling, under sedation, and will likely stay that way for at least a couple of days."

When reached for comment, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition communications director Chris Cassidy pointed us to the Vision Zero High Injury Map, and says that "Both Divisadero and Geary are listed by the Department of Public Health as high-injury corridors. It's heartbreaking to learn of another collision at a location known by the City to be dangerous."

"Our hearts are heavy for all of the people hurt while biking on our streets in the past 24 hours" Cassidy says, noting that it appears that there was another collision between a motorist and cyclist at Division Street and Potrero Avenue this morning.

"The urgency for the City to deliver protected bike lanes and intersections has never been greater," Cassidy says. "There are a handful of excellent projects underway, but the pace and scope of these projects is inadequate. The cost of the City's delays and lack of vision is being borne by people injured on our streets."

Related: SFMTA Says Street Safety Improvements Are Actually Dangerous, Pulls Vigilante Crosswalk Posts

Mayor Ed Lee made good on his threat yesterday, and officially vetoed the Bicycle Yield ordinance proposed last year by Supervisor John Avalos and approved by the Board of Supervisors. The ordinance sought to make ticketing cyclists who treat stop signs as yield signs the lowest traffic enforcement priority for the SFPD.

The ordinance, often referred to as the 'Idaho Stop Law,' was loudly supported by the cycling community, and was seen as a data-driven step toward Vision Zero — San Francisco's and multiple cities' goal of achieving zero traffic fatalities by 2024.

In a letter accompanying his veto, Mayor Lee wrote that he didn't want to "trade safety for convenience," a comment he also made when he originally threatened to veto the law should it arrive at his desk.

The SF Bicycle Coalition this morning sent out a statement regarding Lee's veto, and, as to be expected, was disappointed.

"Mayor Ed Lee's veto of SF's Bike Yield Law makes San Francisco the first U.S. city to take a major step away from its promise to eliminate traffic deaths and severe injuries," begins the statement. "The SFPD's Vision Zero promise included a data-driven initiative to 'Focus on the Five,' assuring the people of San Francisco that police would dedicate half of all traffic citations to the five violations that cause a majority of traffic deaths. Those five violations are when people driving: speed, fail to yield to people walking, run red lights, run stop signs and violate turn restrictions."

The statement goes on to read that "[over] a year later, the SFPD's leadership has yet to deliver on that promise. Instead, they are ordering officers to spend hundreds of hours cracking down on people biking cautiously and slowly through stop signs."

That last bit refers to the recent SFPD crackdown on popular cycling route the Wiggle — an enforcement decision which led to the much-photographed Wiggle "stop-in" protest wherein cyclists halted traffic by coming to full and complete stops at stop signs.

The SFBC is not the only one to scoff at the mayor's "convenience" line, with a widely circulated photo showing Lee blocking a crosswalk with his car in order to apparently purchase coffee.

Supervisors John Avalos, London Breed, David Campos, Jane Kim, Eric Mar and Scott Wiener voted for the Bike Yield ordinance. Those six votes, however, are not enough to override the mayoral veto.

Previously: With Vote Tomorrow, Idaho Stop For Cyclists Stalled Just Shy Of Veto Override

As we noted on Monday, the contentious issue of legalizing the rolling "Idaho stop" for cyclists came for a vote at the Board of Supervisors meeting yesterday, and as predicted it came up two votes shy of the eight votes needed to override a threatened mayoral veto. It did pass, however, by a one-vote margin, 6 to 5, as CBS 5 and others report. And in one of the first Board votes for the new "progressive bloc" joined by Aaron Peskin, Peskin disappointed bicyclists by voting against the legislation — as did Mark Farrell, who was also seen as a swing vote.

As the Chronicle reports, Supervisor Norman Yee, who was struck by a car himself in 2007, voted against it, saying, "What we don’t want to do is create more situations where we are second-guessing what a biker is going to do."

Per Hoodline, Supervisor Scott Wiener showed his support in trying to sway other supervisors that this legislation would not give carte blanche to bicyclists who don't feel like stopping in busy intersections. "We're talking about people who slow down and cautiously enter an intersection, only if there's no one else there," he said. "This legislation does not in any way apply to anyone blowing through a stop sign or running a red light."

But this is merely a procedural vote, with a final binding vote on the legislation coming on January 12th, as the person manning the SF Bicycle Coalition's Twitter account noted before the vote yesterday afternoon.

That did not stop the SFBC's Twitter from going hog-wild throughout the debate on the law, sending @ messages quoting Supervisors who were in support of the law, and noting each of the Supes who were leaning "no." They refer to it as the Bike Yield Law, and they stress that bicyclists would slow to 6 mph and always still yield to pedestrians.

So, in the end, Supervisors Yee, Peskin, Farrell, Tang and Cohen voted against the law, though it remains possible someone might change their mind by January 12.

Otherwise, the mayor has promised a veto — something that many question the wisdom of, since he'd be expending political capital, as the Chron noted earlier, on a police enforcement issue that already ought to be a low priority.

At the time, back in September (and before his humbling narrow-ish victory in the November election), Mayor Lee said, "I’m not willing to trade away safety for convenience, and any new law that reaches my desk has to enhance public safety, not create potential conflicts that can harm our residents."

Previously: With Surprise Veto, Mayor Puts Brakes On Rolling 'Idaho Stop' For Cyclists

A driver is behind bars this morning after police say that he struck and killed a cyclist while speeding down the wrong side of a narrow San Francisco street.

According to the San Francisco Police Department, 26-year-old Erick Mendez of San Francisco was driving a gold, four-door sedan too fast and on the wrong side of the 500 block of Goettingen Street near Woosley Street at 10:15 Monday morning, when he collided head-on with a 63-year-old cyclist.

The Chron reports that Mendez was traveling south and the cyclist was traveling north at the time of the collision.

Police say that Mendez struck a parked vehicle as he attempted to avoid the cyclist, who "was wearing a helmet and reflective gear," KRON4 reports.

The cyclist, who is reportedly from San Francisco but has yet to be publicly identified pending notification of family members, suffered a "broken neck" in the collision, police say, and died at the scene.

KRON4 reports that the collision was captured on video surveillance footage, and showed Mendez "traveling on the wrong side of the narrow street while speeding" and that "although the collision appears to have been accidental, investigators believe Mendez was at fault."

Police say that after striking the victim, Mendez remained at the scene and attempted to aid the mortally wounded cyclist. Police do not believe that Mendez was under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

He was arrested at the scene on suspicion of driving on the wrong side of the road, speeding and vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence.

On Monday afternoon, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition released a statement on the collision that appeared to lay as much blame on the street, itself, as on Mendez.

"Goettingen and Woolsey Streets are like many streets across San Francisco," they wrote. "They are quiet, small, residential streets abutting schools, parks and libraries. Every street in San Francisco should be safe for people of all ages to walk and bike. We need greater urgency from our civic leaders on delivering the safe, liveable streets that San Franciscans deserve."

"Eliminating traffic deaths can only be achieved through engineering safe streets," the SFBC wrote, "expanding safety education and smart enforcement of our traffic laws by the San Francisco Police Department."

According to the San Francisco Sheriff's Department, as of Tuesday morning Mendez remains in custody in San Francisco County Jail. As of publication time, his initial court date had yet to be scheduled.

When we learned two weeks ago that newly hired SF Bicycle Coalition executive director Noah Budnick was stepping down after just eight months, we also learned that this came after several months of turmoil among a faction of the SFBC's membership regarding this year's election for their board of directors. Board elections have typically been uncontested affairs, as Streetsblog SF explains, with seven board seats coming up for election each year, current board members nominating and endorsing their own seven candidates, and the membership voting on those endorsements along with self-nominated member candidates. But all hell broke loose in 2014 when one candidate failed to get an endorsement, and caused a kerfuffle over the fact that all he got was a 150-word candidate statement on the election site, essentially questioning the democratic process in the organization. This candidate then insisted on being able to reach out to the full membership himself, to make his pitch as a candidate, and this caused further conflict over the sharing of the organizations' member email list, which many members felt was an invasion of privacy — and they didn't want to be receiving all this guy's emails.

Fast forward to this past summer, when the board decided that privacy was more important than preserving this election process, and decided to make a change to the SFBC's bylaws that turned the board into a self-selected, appointed "professional" one, rather than an elected one. This has led to a "clean slate" of seven candidates who now want to upset the incumbent board members and preserve democracy in the org. They've started Save SF Bike, with the core of their platform being to "respect, honor, and listen to members" and preserve their voting rights.

The incumbents have their Love SFBC platform, which promises to keep members' contact information private, and to appoint "professional Board members who understand and have experience in these roles," and who will focus "on what the membership really wants, not personal agendas" or overly political "pet projects" that take up staff's time.

Says current board member Amandeep Jawa, who is not up for reelection, "[Every year] anybody can run for the board. But most years there’s just the board-endorsed candidates — in part because it’s a lot of work, and it’s a thankless job.” And, he adds, this entire conflict seems kind of ironic because, "Every year we struggle to get a quorum of votes [from the membership], because [they] thinks things are going well. The board members have to work our tails off to recruit candidates, and then work our tails off to get people to vote.”

Save SFBC candidate Jeremy Pollock, who is also an aide to Supervisor John Avalos, says that his cohort only want to "reinvigorate member involvement, and expand and diversify membership" in the organization. And, to the claims about professionalism, he counters, "All of our candidates have years of experience as nonprofit board members and/or staffers."

But current staffer and Love SFBC candidate Andy Thornley rings an optimistic note about it all saying it's a "great thing" and "How wonderful that we have fifteen people interested in being on the bike coalition’s board!" He adds that this seemingly contentious election is "not inordinately poisonous or vicious." "This is San Francisco," he says. "SFBC swims in the ocean of passionate electoral politics, but that’s not really what’s happening. This isn’t tearing apart the organization."

You can read even more detail here, and become a voting member of SFBC here. The election is ongoing and runs through the end of the year.

Previously: SF Bicycle Coalition Director Steps Down After Eight Months Amid Some Board Election Turmoil

Longtime bike advocate Noah Budnick, who came from New York City's Transportation Alternatives to take the exec director job at the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition just over eight months ago, is leaving his post already amid some ongoing hubbub about the election for the organization's board. Budnick, who spoke to SFist shortly after he landed the job last December, now tells us this was a "tough decision" but he's "excited to work on new funding mechanisms to make cities around the world better connected, more beautiful and, of course, more fun!"

As the Examiner first reported yesterday, via a letter Budnick wrote to the SFBC membership, Budnick's departure comes at a tense moment in the organization in which two competing slates of candidates are up for election to the board, with the incumbent slate advocating for the removal of voting rights for the 10,000 members of the Coalition.

The decision to alter the organization's by-laws and remove the right of members to vote for board of directors candidates was made over the summer, and while I'm hazy on the details or motives behind this, SFist almost immediately got a letter of dissent from a disgruntled member in support of the dissenting spinoff group, Save SF Bike. As this member, Mike Cohn, told us at the time, "Noah Budnick and his Sarah Palin policy director Tyler [Frisbee] are running [SFBC] into the ground, turning it into a big bloated corporate 'non-profit' that no longer does anything except perpetuate their own careers until the next stepping stone to the MTA." Frisbee, incidentally, also recently quit.

Granted that is the opinion of one member, but it is an example of the anger, at least among some faction, that's been boiling over at the SFBC this year under Budnick's new leadership. Save SF Bike's language is less pointed, but they are pushing supporters to vote in the election, which began on November 15 and remains open for voting until December 30, to elect their "clean slate" of seven candidates for the open seats on the 15-person board. "We believe a member-elected Board means a SF Bicycle Coalition accountable to its members, donors, funders and its community," they write. "There is a very good chance this will be the last Board election if you don’t vote for the Save SF Bike slate."

Whether this turmoil had much to do with Budnick's decision to quit is unclear, and he's not saying. As he said in his open letter to the membership, "I know that what’s right for me and my family right now is to take a break, step back and explore the next set of opportunities for how I can make cities more livable, safe, and happy places."

Budnick further elaborated for SFist that he and his wife plan to remain in the Bay Area, and that they are "working through training to be foster parents."

A request for comment from the SFBC today has not yet been responded to, and the head of communications for the organization, Chris Cassidy, appears to be on vacation through December 1. Stepping in as acting executive director will be board member Jean Fraser until a longer-term replacement can be found.

Budnick sounds, still, very upbeat in talking to us. He says, "The SF Bicycle Coalition staff and org had an amazing year and are building great momentum for 2016 and beyond. As I wrote in my letter, things are on a strong trajectory. I'm proud of this organization and have a lot of confidence in it! Because of all this, I'm ready for my next challenge."

Previously: SF Bicycle Coalition Hires Well Known NY Bike Guy Noah Budnick As Its New Director

SFPD: Bicyclist was a 48 year old male, riding between two buses in the same direction. pic.twitter.com/RqDptRbLBG

— Sergio Quintana (@svqjournalist) October 12, 2015

One cyclist is dead and another injured after two separate vehicle collisions Sunday. In one, a bike rider was killed beneath the tires of a Muni bus; and in the other a cyclist and horse trailer collided, leaving her injured.

According to San Francisco Police Department spokesperson Officer Grace Gatpandan, it was 3:22 on Sunday afternoon when police were called to the 500 block of Market Street (which is between Sutter and First Streets), on reports of a collision between a Muni bus and a cyclist.

"At this time," Gatpandan says, "it appears the both the bicyclist and bus were were traveling westbound on Market Street when the bicyclist lost control and collided with the bus."

Hoodline reports that the bike rider "maneuvered out of the sharrow lane to ride between two buses," and quotes SFMTA spokesperson Paul Rose as saying that "It does not appear the bicyclist was traveling in a bike lane." Which is an odd thing to say since, as Hoodline notes, "there is not a bike lane on that section of Market Street. Instead, one lane is designated to be shared by cars, Muni buses and cyclists."

After the collision, the rider, who Gatpandan describes as "a white male, 48 years old, and he was wearing his helmet," was wedged beneath the tires of the bus with which he had collided. He died at the scene. KQED has since identified him as Mark Heryer, a 48-year-old Berkeley resident.

"The cause of the collision is under investigation and no determination of fault has been made," Gatpandan says. "Investigators will take into account the time of day, road conditions, traffic conditions, as well as any video surveillance which may have captured the incident."

ABC7 reports that as part of the investigation, "people aboard busses were offloaded and questioned to see if they saw anything."

"We're pulling that vehicle as well to look at that video, but this is the coach where contact was made and we're working with the police department to do everything we can to find out what happened to deal with this the best way we can," Rose told ABC7.

The driver will also undergo drug and alcohol testing, as is protocol in all Muni collisions.

Gatpandan emphasized to CBS5 that "officers will conduct a thorough investigation because 'the victim can’t speak for himself.'"

"Don't try to pass a bus," Gatpandan also said to Hoodline, "especially in the streetcar lane. Stay to the right."

Sunday afternoon, the SFMTA released a "Statement of Condolences from SFMTA Director of Transportation, Edward D. Reiskin," which read in part that the transit agency "wish[es] to express our deepest sympathies and condolences to the family and friends of the cyclist who lost his life in a bus collision along Market Street late this afternoon."

"Our agency will work closely with SFPD to ascertain all facts of this truly unfortunate event," the statement read, noting that "The SFMTA adopted a Vision Zero Policy in 2014, with the goal of eliminating all traffic deaths in San Francisco by 2024. We are committed to working with our partners to make San Francisco streets safer, while educating the public on traffic safety, enforcement of traffic laws and prioritizing the necessary resources that implement life-saving initiatives."

The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition also released a statement on the fatality, saying that "We cannot achieve Vision Zero -- our City's goal to eliminate traffic deaths and severe injuries by 2024 -- without the three E's: engineering, education and smart enforcement."

"Today's tragedies demonstrate yet again that our City's elected leaders and agencies owe it to the growing number of people here who bike, and to the families of those who can no longer join them, to redouble their efforts and investments to deliver engineering solutions without delay, expand safety education, and ensure that the SFPD's priorities honor yesterday's tragedies and data through smart enforcement tomorrow," the SFBC wrote.

The SFBC uses the plural because less than 30 minutes later, there was a second collision between a cyclist and a vehicle. At 4:01 p.m., Gatpandan says, police were called to Chestnut Street and The Embarcadero.

When officers arrived, they discovered that a 46-year-old female cyclist "had collided with a horse trailer, suffering wounds to the head."

The cyclist was transported to San Francisco General Hospital with injuries that are not considered life-threatening, Gatpandan says. Hoodline reports that Gatpandan says she had been wearing a helmet, which "was a 'huge factor' in the woman's injuries not being life threatening."

"The driver of the truck remained on scene and is cooperating with police. At this time, investigators have determined drugs and alcohol are not a factor," Gatpandan says, but did not have additional details of that collision as of publication time.

Gatpandan says that both of these collision cases are "open and active," so anyone with information on either is encouraged to contact SFPD's Anonymous Tip Line at 415-575-4444 or to text a tip to TIP411 with SFPD at the beginning of the message.

In order to demonstrate the genuine ineffectiveness of some rules of the road strictly applied to cyclists, some bike activists are planning to go ahead and actually follow the laws for once.

Many activists like the San Francisco Bike Coalition are up in arms at news that the SFPD Park Station is planning to increase enforcement measures on cyclists such as ticketing those who don't come to a complete stop. The SFPD is "diverting resources away from Vision Zero," that group wrote in a blog post, adding that the "SFPD’s new leadership at Park Station is less interested in enforcing the deadliest traffic behaviors, or communicating with the SF Bicycle Coalition and our 11,000 members."

As part of a concerted response to Park Station, members of the bike advocacy group "The Wigg Party" have planned a protest for Wednesday. The location: The popular bicycle thoroughfare from which their name is derived, "The Wiggle," a symbol and epicenter for local bike commuters.

"We think it's ludicrous that SFPD Park Station is diverting precious resources towards trying to make sure every cyclist comes to a full and complete stop at every stop sign," reads the invitation to the Wigg Party event on Facebook which has been flagged by the Examiner and Uptown Almanac. 300 cyclists have already signed up for the so-called "stop-in," a pointed indictment of Captain John Sanford's recent remarks.

"I'm in an unmarked black police car, and they're just zipping past," Sanford said of bike riders, "Bicyclists are required to follow the rules of the road.. .There's a thing called a stop sign that bicycles are supposed to stop at."

Not so fast, says the Wigg Party. "Let's show Capt. John Sanford of Park Station that his choice to crack down on cyclists who aren't following the letter of the law not only doesn't make anyone safer but actually would create terrible conditions on our roads."

Resources needed for the safety of cyclists and other commuter's is being diverted, the Wigg Party and the SFBC also argue. "Not only should those resources be directed toward curbing behavior that is actually dangerous (like people driving 2,000 lb cars rolling every single stop sign or speeding on every single street), but the law requiring cyclists stop at stop signs is simply lazy, misguided, and not at all reflective of behavior required to operate a bicycle safely (we of course endorse the Idaho Stop law which allows cyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs and requires them to stop when others have the right of way)."

The premise for the protest is that the "misguided" law will — if cyclists strictly adhere to it — have dire traffic consequences. From the Facebook event post, "In fact, if cyclists came to a full and complete stop at every stop sign, it would have disastrous effects to traffic patterns and precious 'Level of Service.' And that's what we intend to show."

So, on Wednesday July 29th from 5:30 to 6:30 pm, "grab your bike, ride to the Wiggle (the epicenter will be Waller and Steiner), and wait your turn for your chance to come to a full and complete stop at every intersection. Bonus points if you need to negotiate with other 'vehicles' about who should be going first."

Or perhaps steer clear, since if the Wigg Party proves its point — which it very will might — traffic will be a nightmare.

Previously: Captain Of SFPD's Park Station Vows Crackdown On Scofflaw Cyclists

The San Francisco Bike Coalition, one of the city's most notorious political factions, recently posed a list of 23 questions for a gaggle of San Francisco mayoral candidates to gauge everything from their personal interest in riding a bicycle to how each candidate sees the city moving forward with new bike-friendly infrastructure. Since everbody is gunning for the SFBC endorsement, many of the answers are standard boilerplate (of course everyone supports new bike lanes), but the responses to the first question, reprinted below, are delightful on their own:

(Note: answers condensed for brevity's sake.)

How often do you ride a bicycle in San Francisco (for any purpose), and for what kinds of trips?

John Avalos: "Bicycles and punk rock changed my life."

David Chiu: "I ride a bicycle most days of the week. Since I don’t own a car... I know what it’s like to ride the Wiggle, Market, Valencia, Fell, Broadway Tunnel, and other main city bicycle thoroughfares."

Bevan Dufty: "I grew up in Manhattan, and never learned how to ride a bike. Though I always look forward to my tandem rides on bike to work day, my solo-cycling is limited to spin classes."

Joanna Rees: "I ride a bicycle for enjoyment with my family a couple times per month, usually through Golden Gate Park, across the Golden Gate Bridge or through the Marin Headlands."

Ed Lee: "I admit that as Mayor, I don’t get to ride my bike as much as I’d like to. Though I’m excited to start riding my electric bike more!"

Wilma Pang: "I don't own a car or a bike but I take public transportation and I walk everywhere."

Delightful, thank you Wilma.

As Streetsblog points out, two of the sixteen candidates the Bike Coalition reached out to didn't respond: Jeff Adachi and Michela Alioto-Pier. But interested cyclists (and anti-cycling hate-readers) can review the rest of the candidates' responses at SFBike.org.

In the ongoing implementation of new and less terrifying bike lanes around the city, the SFMTA is looking to clean up the problematic connection between the heavily trafficked Wiggle route in the Lower Haight and the easygoing drives of Golden Gate Park as soon as next year.

As local pedal pushers know, the Wiggle currently dumps riders off on Fell Street where recent improvements to the bike lane (it's just green paint, really) have done little to fix the clog that backs up as drivers queue up for cheap gas at the Divisadero Arco station. According to Streetsblog, the new improvements could swap the bike lanes and the parking lane, pending approval from the SFMTA which is currently conducting a study to gather opinions on the preferred traffic arrangement.

If implemented, the plan means the parallel-parked vehicles act as a buffer between the Fell Street Freeway and the fragile human bodies pedaling their way to the Panhandle. Likewise, similar improvements could come to the eastward-traveling Oak Street to help morning commuters scoot out of the western neighborhoods and on to the Wiggle as they make their way to Market Street.

Both the Fell Street and Oak Street lanes would become an integral park in the Bike Coalition's Bay to the Beach Route which also hopes to roll out the safer bike lanes along JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park. Thus making every day like Sunday for two-wheeled aficionados.

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Until we saw people gathered at Market and Duboce yesterday, hooting at passing cyclists and waving tire pumps. Was a rally mocking Obama, or mocking McCain mocking Obama? Neither -- it was the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, offering patch kits and non-partisan air pressure to passing cyclists.

Speaking of politics, Democratic presidential candidates are more likely to be depicted riding a bike, but President Bush is also known to be an avid cyclist. Senator McCain has not been seen riding a bicycle, but he might decide to vote on one.

As for the tire-pressure-recommender himself, Senator Obama: his cycling has been the cause of much comment (seat adjusted correctly? helmet problematically evoking Michael Dukakis?). Our analysis of the photos sadly indicates under-inflated tires. We'd like to see at least 75 p.s.i. in those babies, Senator. We hear Washington is a high-pressure town. [Insert hot air joke here.]

Will the Bike Coalition pump up your tires again in the near future? No, but you can pump up the volume with the Urban Costume Karaoke Bicycle Brigade on Saturday, Aug. 9th at 4pm in Dolores Park. No candidate has yet dared to sing Madonna songs while biking around San Francisco in 80s costume.

Photo by alwaysupndown (used by permission). More on Flickr.