misc Traffic Woes The author of the recently published Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (And What It Says About Us) is on the west coast at this very minute doing "lots of media"
misc Air Is Still Free 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
misc Mission Crime Wave Continues Fortunately, the law does not prohibit operating a camera while driving, so we were able to catch this scofflaw in the act. Getting caught with your parking meter expired will cost you at
misc Crackdown on Valencia As gunfire rings out all over the city, it's good to know that increased police presence in the Mission is bearing fruit. This cyclist was nabbed by a vigilant officer at 22nd and
misc The Track Bike Enters Its Ironic Phase Recently spotted on BART was this track bike with an ersatz disc rear wheel. Mismatched wheels have long been a staple of fixie style, particularly when one of the wheels is an expensive
misc What Is Bicycle Gadfly Rob Anderson Doing on Bike to Work Day? Our Bike to Work Day took us down the bike lane on Alemany Boulevard -- one of the last bike lanes striped in San Francisco before the injunction against the city's Bicycle Plan.
misc Welcome, Fair-Weather Commuters And now, with the arrival of the easy, sunny days of spring, you’ve joined us. And we’re happy to see you, really. It’s Bike to Work Month, after all, and
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Books and Burritos: A Mobile Match Made in Heaven We gasped at the sight: the San Francisco Public Library's Bookmobile cozying up to our favorite El Tonayense truck on Harrison near 20th. Now we truly have everything we need. Well, almost. Maybe
misc Steep Grades = Grade Inflation? SFBC's Report Card for Bicycling: Steep Grades It's the last day of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition's SF Bike Survey. The survey is open to all -- you need not be a member
misc 26-26-26 Valencia No, the 26 Valencia is a magical creature - 26 minutes (supposedly) to wait on the balmy evening of the 26th - just the kind of numerology we would expect from this rare
misc Little Falcons San Francisco is home to the cinema's most famous falcon, but San Jose has us beat when it comes to bird-of-prey reality TV. The City of San Jose, along with the Santa Cruz
SF News See You Later, Crater Gator Pedaling to the train station this morning, we noticed a few fluorescent additions to the asphalt: bright stencils of monstrous creatures calling attention to the various pits and potholes of Townsend Street. We
misc San Francisco-Roubaix On Sunday the 19th, the San Francisco Bike Coalition invites cyclists to a Monster Pothole Stenciling Project, an effort "to create a visual statement of our deteriorating streets." But this Sunday, the 13th,
misc Death of a Prius-Eater This monster pothole lurked on Townsend Street in the shade of the ramp connecting 6th Street to I-280. Under normal circumstances, we find the shrill complaints of motorists about pavement quality to be
misc "Stupidest Bike Lane in America" Found in LA Slate magazine claims to have found the "stupidest bike lane in America"... down in LoCal, of course. We here at SFist like to think that a bike lane is a bike lane, and
misc Tulip Mania A tulip's life is short enough, particularly in the far westerly reaches of our city/county. We seem to remember that in past years, the tulips at the Queen Wilhelmina Tulip Garden (in
misc When DumbPeople Look at SmartCars The sudden appearance of a Smart in our neighborhood got us thinking: perhaps this parking solution will bring an end to our car-free lifestyle. We conducted a quick feasibility study in our neighborhood,
misc Yield to Life Image: Adobe Tour Tracker Pro cyclist and former San Francisco resident David Zabriskie (shown above leading the chase in today's stage of the Tour of California) has announced Yield to Life, a non-profit
SF News What We Need Is A Bike Valet Bike valet parking is great -- but what we really need is a bike valet, someone to lay out our freshly laundered cycling duds, to provide discreet, expert service and adjustments to our
SF News Bikes on BART -- Now 1/16th Easier? According to this sign in the Powell Street station, one of the 16 posted bicycle rules has been stricken from the record. Taking a companion bicycle on BART is now 1/16th less
misc Mission St. Closure MUNI-related pneumonia-seekers may want to try waiting for the 14 Mission -- Mission Street is closed between 20th and 21st. It looks like something involving the former Tower Theatre -- a fire truck
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink FreeRice.com: Pukka or Factitious? The game is simple enough: it presents a word (supposedly an English word, but we have had our doubts on occasion) and a list of four potential synonyms. Choose correctly, and ten grains
Arts & Entertainment It’s on Post-Consumer.com The recently-released website post-consumer.com is addressed to “anyone who has played or attended an indie rock show in Santa Cruz between 1999-2004.” We did! We were there! We remember the tall, handsome
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Start the Egg Nog <i>Now</i> This is the story behind the best egg nog--and the best egg nog traditions to accompany it. First, we must explain that this recipe is . It was a secret when Mr. George P.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Horror... The Horror... Bitter experience tells us that when a cyclist feels the splat of a gnat on the back of the throat, there is little to be done but swallow and hope that it a
