Category: san francisco

“Street Fight” tonight in San Francisco

SFSU Associate Professor of Geography Dr Jason Henderson will speak tonight at the Green Arcade to discuss the built environment in San Francisco and other topics spinning off from his book Street Fight: the Politics of Mobility in San Francisco.


Street Fight: The politics of mobility in San Francisco

Henderson covers the recent history of San Francisco’s transportation politics, beginning with the freeway revolt of the 1960s, though Willie Brown’s famously anti-bike policies and today’s start and stop and start again pursuit of bike infrastructure, all in the backdrop of a 40 year old Transit First policy that still often prioritizes the automobile over any other transportation mode.

I majored in political science in college and get into this stuff. Although the text is a little dry, it’s accessible and non-wonky and recommended for any bike hippie who would like to see some real bike advocacy action in his or her city. Click on the book cover image above if you’d like to buy it or read other reviews.

Anyway, away from the book advertisement and back to the topic at hand: The Green Arcade, 680 Market Street (at Gough), San Francisco. 7 PM tonight, Tuesday September 24, 2013. H/T Anthony.

Bay Area Bike Share explains why SF bikes can’t leave the city

Shortly after Bay Area Bike Share launched, an intrepid bike person pushed the limits of the system to see how far he could take the system in the proud tradition of hackers everywhere, because that’s what we do. He discovered San Francisco bikes cannot be docked outside of San Francisco.

After some internal investigation, the Bay Area Bike Share people discovered why and disclosed the reason (sort of) in an update to their Frequently Asked Questions.

Why Bay Area Bike Share bikes cannot be docked outside of San Francisco -- see article text

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Bay Area Bike Share confirms SF bikes can’t be docked outside of origin city

Ken just pointed out this recent change to the Bay Area Bike Share FAQ, which now says San Francisco bikes can only be docked in San Francisco stations, while bikes in the other cities can be docked elsewhere (but presumably not in San Francisco?).

Bay Area Bike Share FAQ - San Francisco bikes cannot be moved to other cities

The FAQ also notes that riding from, say, San Jose to Sunnyvale might exceed the 30 minute time limit, which means overtime fees.

Bay Area Bike Share announced this FAQ changed a couple of hours ago. I checked on the day of Peter Coljin’s epic 47 mile bike share bike journey from San Francisco to Mountain View and a couple of days after, but didn’t see this text then.

SF Embarcadero to become two way cycletrack during America’s Cup yacht race

The America’s Cup race begins this weekend in San Francisco, and SFMTA will convert northbound Embarcadero between Washington Street and Pier 23 into a two way cycle-track. Motor vehicle traffic will be banned from this part of the popular waterfront road. THEY’RE TURNING A THREE LANE ARTERIAL PLUS A PARKING LANE OVER FOR EXCLUSIVE BICYCLE USE HOW COOL IS THAT?

Embarcadero closed for America's Cup

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