As part of its campaign against Measure H, the SF Bicycle Coalition has notified us that there are more parking spaces than cars in San Francisco: our fair but congested city has "603,000 on-street and off-street parking spaces" but only "469,489 registered vehicles." So why did we decide to sell our car after two years of driving around looking for a place to park it? The answer: this person, and the other (apparently) 133,511......

As we all know, cars are the worst things ever invented, and owning one makes you a terrorist. Fortunately, it's easy to go carless in SF -- we tearfully gave our beloved station wagon to KQED a few years ago, and the absence of insurance payments, repair bills, and gas stations made us feel like we'd won the lotto. The only catch: SF's delightfully idiosyncratic transit system has a bit of a learning curve,......

This Friday will be Critical Mass and everybody is curious to see what happens, not the least of which is the Mayor who supposedly has a lot riding on it (see, riding, get it? Get it? We made a pun!). We are told that if things go wrong, it could reflect poorly on the Mayor as it will show that he is unable to control simple things like several hundred anarchist bikers out loose on the streets. Hey, wouldn't that discussion only encourage bikers? You know, like a biker would start thinking "hey, if I scare some poor, unsuspecting family from Walnut Creek, Gavin's approval rating could go down to 60%." ...

It's not just cars mucking up sidewalks that's turning into a concern lately, it's bikers and skateboarders too. Or so says the Senior Action Network who have been starting up a campaign, the "Sidewalks are for Pedestrians" campaign, to try and help Grandpa and Grandma Simpson get from here to there without having to get by dastardly two-wheelers. Or stop getting beat up by them. ...

Day II after the Critical Mass incident, we're seeing the bikers weigh in with their version of what happened and also some thoughts on the matter from Gavin. We're also seeing a lot of hate out there thrown in every direction as the war between bikers and car drivers is one of the hottest of hot button issues in this city. ...

Early Monday morning, a biker was hit by some guy making an illegal right turn onto Highway 101 from Market Street at the Octavia intersection. The driver is in serious condition. ...