Business & Tech

Lyft Laying Off More Staff, Scaling Back Bike and Scooter Division

SF-based Lyft is going through a restructuring, and making some changes in its bike and scooter division to become more profitable, which includes laying off 1% of its staff.

SF News

Scott Wiener's Bill to Speed Up Transit, Bike, and Pedestrian Projects Passes State Legislature

A bill to change the way that public transit, bicycle, and pedestrian projects are handled vis a vis the state's environmental impact laws has passed the legislature. And State Senator Scott Wiener, the sponsor of the bill, hopes it will aid in California's economic recovery after the pandemic.

SF News

Bicycle Rental Company Gets Caught With Bikes Parked Where They Shouldn't Be

We're so excited to help turn the @WeWorkSF community into an urban campus with Spin bikes. Details: https://t.co/SxGCS1Dn5g pic.twitter.com/JqcEUs1BKJ— Spin San Francisco (@Spin_SF) August 31, 2017

SF News

[Update] Hit-And-Run Drivers Kill Two Cyclists In San Francisco Wednesday Night

Woman bicycling @GoldenGatePark killed by hit and run driver, @SFPD interviewing witnesses now #KTVU pic.twitter.com/8rg1soD4CW— Debora Villalon (@DeboraKTVU) June 23, 2016 Scroll to the bottom of this post for updates.

SF News

This Sweet 'Golden Fantasy' Seahorse Ride Can Be Yours For $25K

Those San Franciscans in the market for a rare, handmade antique bicycle in the shape of a seahorse are in luck this week as an exceptional ride has been posted for sale to

SF News

These Tiny Folding Electric Bikes To Become Next Must-Have For Dorks

This being San Francisco, where even a penny-farthing is an acceptable mode of transit to and from work, it's only a matter of time before we start seeing these pretty stupid-looking tiny folding

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

New Mini-Doc Profiles Anthony Mangieri Of Una Pizza Napoletana And His Love Of Bikes

Five years ago, Anthony Mangieri relocated his acclaimed, one-man pizza operation Una Pizza Napoletana from New York City to San Francisco, thereby blessing us with our first taste of pizza royalty. If you

SF News

Day Around The Bay: New Barrier Makes People Speed More On Golden Gate

A new manufacturing center that could provide space for local makers of all stripes, run by the non-profit SFMade, may be headed for the Design District. [Chron] The Civic Center Hotel on mid-Market

SF News

Cyclist Killed In 2013 SoMa Collision With Truck Being Blamed For Wearing Earbuds

On August 14, 2013, 24-year-old Amelie Le Moullac was cycling through SoMa when she was killed in a collision with a semi truck at Folsom and Sixth Street. A wrongful death trial began

SF News

You May Soon Be Forbidden From Driving On Most Of Market Street

Rather than enact some clear plan that does not confuse longtime residents and tourists alike, the SFTMA is continuing in their piecemeal approach to banning vehicle traffic on Market Street with yet another

SF News

SFPD's Most Wanted Bike Thief Caught In The Act, Leaves Behind Hilarious Mugshot

The San Francisco Police Department's anti-bike theft unit continued their great work on social media this week. Professional and recidivist bike thief Sean Sixta, wanted by the SFPD since last year, was spotted

SF News

Woman Recovers Stolen Bike Via Sting With Help Of BART Police

A woman whose $900 bike was stolen from one of the racks outside Macarthur Station in Oakland managed to get it back with some help from BART police, and get the thief arrested.

SF News

How To Bring Your Bike On BART Without Annoying Everybody Else

The oppressive era during which BART riders with bicycles were forced to limit their train rides to non-commute hours is finally over. The BART Board of Directors unanimously gave you permission to bring

Arts & Entertainment

Photo Du Jour: A Pigeon Lover's Dream Come True

A bicyclist and pigeons on Chula Lane come together in peanut butter-and-chocolate-like harmony in this photo shot by Gerard Livernois. Huzzah, pigeons! (Our apologies to those of you who, inexplicably, loathe the winged

SF News

Bike Free-For-All On BART Starting July 1

Hallelujah, say cyclists and all those whose BART commutes leave them not too conveniently close to home when they step off the train. Starting July 1, BART will finally allow bikes on all

SF News

Concord Teen Sentenced In Biking Father and Daughter's Deaths

An unidentified teenager was sentenced today in a Martinez court in the vehicular manslaughter deaths of Solaiman Nuri, 41, and his 9-year-old daughter Hadees. They were killed on April 7 while riding bicycles

SF News

Fell and Oak Streets to Become Less Deadly for Bicyclists

At yesterday's SFMTA Board meeting, a proposed Fell and Oak Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Project was unanimously approved. This means that the two parallel throughways, upon which thousands of cars careen everyday to

Arts & Entertainment

Critical Mass Opens Pop-Up Merch Shop for 20th Anniversary

Critical Mass: You either do it and love it, or you hate it and like to comment very virulently about how annoying it is. It's celebratory, it's rag-tag, it's kind of anarchist, and

Arts & Entertainment

Today's Scenic Video Of Radical San Francisco Bicycling

Here's Scottish trials rider Danny MacAskill, using a lovely accent to narrate a short film about himself hopping his little orange bicycle around on our city's lovely features like he's the Ewan MacGregor

Arts & Entertainment

Video: Bombing Hawk Hill On A BMX Bike Is Thrillingly Scenic (Also Terrifying)

We here at SFist cannot in good conscience endorse high-speed helmetless bicycling, no matter how good the wind feels in your hair, but we can fully endorse the backdrop on this BMX descent

SF News

New Raised 'Cycle Tracks' Proposed for Market Street

DPW has put $42 million toward a repaving and redesign of Market Street over the next four years, and among the proposals is a new separated track for bicycles that hasn't yet been

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Rewinery: (Good) Wine Delivered To Your Door In An Hour

Have you heard of Rewinery? It's a wine delivery service for San Francisco that delivers boutique wines to your house or apartment within an hour by bicycle. It's actually a pretty cool concept

Arts & Entertainment

This Week in Bicycle-Related Events: Pop-Up Bike Shop, Tour de Fat, Rally for Sustainability

The weather is lovely this time of year. Which means even the casual cyclists are rolling up one pant leg and getting out there to push the pedals. So it make sense that

SF News

Bike Rampage Suspect Has Three First Names, Two Rhyme

The name of the suspect who was arrested for mowing down four cyclists in the Mission on Wednesday night has been released: David Mark Clark. As periqueblend points out, the suspect has three

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Critical Mass Tonight; We're Taking a Poll

We here at SFist HQ always want to know your thoughts on the marquee issues facing our fair city. And today, seeing as it is another last Friday and therefore another occasion for