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Bay Bridge West Span Bike Lane: 'Extremely Costly' And 'Extremely Difficult'

Fans of overwater cycling or rollerblading to Treasure Island or otherwise take note: the Bay Area Toll Authority will reveal possible plans for a pedestrian lane connecting the city's sidewalks and bike lanes

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Martha Stewart Vexes Mission Cycling Sect

Mission Mission brings word that Martha Stewart, one of the most critical yet underrated philosophers in these our modern times, fell prey to San Francisco's sensitive cycling community over the weekend. It seems

Disabled Advocates, Cyclists Clash Over Golden Gate Park Bike Lane

An advocate-on-advocate battle brewing in Golden Gate Park threatens to throw another wrench in the spokes of the city's bike plan if it can't be resolved quickly: The recently approved parking-protected bikeway on

SFPD Bicycle Crackdown Excludes Oracle-Sponsored Pedicabs

As part of their recent crackdown on bad bike behavior, SFPD once again butt heads with bike commuters, this time at Fourth and King Street. The savvy cyclists at Streetsblog reported cops around

Golden Gate Bridge Reopening Separate Bike Lane Ahead of Schedule

Good news for bicyclists navigating the bevy of Golden Gate pedestrians: the Bridge will reopen the west side bicycle throughway sometime in early to mid-September. Closed since May for retrofitting, the east side

How Does Your Favorite Mayoral Hopeful Feel About Bicycles?

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

Now You Can Ride Your Bike to the Airport

Fans of alternative transportation just got a new way to catch their flights out of SFO: a new bike lane has popped up along McDonnell Road, leading right up to the terminal at

San Francisco is Halfway to Becoming a Bicycle Utopia

Would you look at that: just a year after lifting the bike plan injunction, city officials announced Tuesday that San Francisco's network of bike lanes and bike-related infrastructure is 50% completed. Over the

Afternoon Bike Lane Cleanser: Lithuanian Mayor Flattens Parking Violators With a Tank [Video]

In Vilnius, Lithuania, the Mayor has a unique way of dealing with folks who think driving a luxury vehicle gives them carte blanche to park in the city's bike lanes: Rather than dropping

Chuck Nevius, Unlikely Bicycle Advocate, Would Like Everyone to Grow Up

The Chronicle's resident sit-lie advocate and Tenderloin poo surveyor, has discovered bicycles today. And behold: "Bikes are the future" ! As it turns out, even those of you who aren't "fanatic bike messenger types"

Bike Lanes for Cesar Chavez Nixed

Cyclists have even more reason to relish perceived victimization today -- oh, we kid! -- after the SFMTA stripped plans for bike lanes on busy Cesar Chavez. What? Mission Local reports: "The cause

SFMTA Looks to Roll Out Fell and Oak Street Bike Lanes in 2012

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

Witnesses Sought After Lower Haight Cycling Hit and Run

In bike safety news: a cyclist in the Lower Haight was the victim of car-on-bike hit and run incident this past weekend. The rider was allegedly cut off by and then collided with

Slow Down, Cyclists: Golden Gate Bridge Speed Limit Decision Delayed

To the two-wheeled speed demons who spoke out against the proposed 10 mph speed limit on the Golden Gate Bridge: the Bridge has heard you and the Bridge will reconsider its plan. According

Bicycle Activists Lightly Grill Temporary Mayor

Now that Ed Lee has gotten a couple breakfasts with Willie Brown out of the way he had a moment to sit down with the bike/walk/train activists over at Streetsblog and

S.F.'s Most Dangerous Streets for Bikes

The Bay Citizen has created a handy new interactive map pinpointing all of the reported bike accidents that occurred in San Francisco during the past two years. Crashes reported to SFPD increased from

More Bike Lanes On Folsom?

Good news for San Francisco’s downtrodden biking class: soon you may be able to ride directly from Rainbow Grocery to Philz Coffee with complete vehicular impunity. The SFMTA’s Sustainable Streets Division

Local Cyclists Propose "Berkeley-Like" Traffic Pattern for Popular Bike Route

Pedal-pushers on the Wiggle will be familiar with the harrowing intersection at Fell and Scott Streets - where relatively tame neighborhood traffic takes a left turn to meet the one-way torrent that rushing

New York Dealing With Backlash Against Bike Lanes

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