Category Archives: Advocacy

Cities Moving

citiesmoving.com is a nifty site that compares the mobility of a city’s people across active mobility, public transit, and private cars. Not a surprise, but it’s pretty clear that San Francisco has a lot of work to do here: Compared … Continue reading

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Fietsvlonders are awesome!

I found this Dutch company that builds bike rack platforms that take up the space for a normal car parking space. It’s a wonderful idea. It essentially creates an 8-10x number of parking spots for bikes over a single car. … Continue reading

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License to Kill

If you haven’t read the CalMatters article about how the DMV is complicit in keeping killer drivers on the road after multiple collisions and even after multiple deaths caused by those collisions, you may want to give it a read. … Continue reading

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SF is still mostly empty above 40′

Yes. Do this. Encourage building more housing in SF. https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/lurie-housing-rezoning-plan-20255343.php

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Oak Street Quick-Build Approved by SFMTA Board

This is good news. There will be a new protected bikeway built next to the Panhandle on Oak Street in the eastbound direction (on the left side this time) to mirror the one that was put in on Fell Street … Continue reading

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SVBC’s 2025 El Camino Real Ride

Signups are now OPEN for Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition’s 5th Annual El Camino RealRide! Please sign up today to join us on Saturday, May 17th for our annual ride for a safer and more vibrant El Camino Real. This is … Continue reading

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SB 720 – Automated traffic enforcement system programs.

Here’s another one. Senator Ashby has introduced a bill to make it easier for cities to combat red light violations. SB 720 would establish an opt-in red light camera program for local jurisdictions. Full text of SB270 is here. It … Continue reading

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SB 63 — San Francisco Bay area: local revenue measure: transportation funding.

There is a new California Senate Bill: SB 63 to create a more permanent funding source for Bay Area regional transportation. It’s a half-cent sales tax to keep public transit alive, especially transit agencies that are having financial trouble, like … Continue reading

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