#and the san francisco bicycle coalition

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One time, when I was living in San Francisco, I was hanging out with some people way late into the night, not a particularly common experience for me, and then around 4 am I got onto my bike to ride home.

My route took me under a freeway overpass. San Francisco has bicycle routes through the city, the bike coalition puts out a map but they're also signed. But this sign was immediately after a freeway on-ramp and way, way before the actual turn, so I got confused, and turned...onto the freeway.

Once I was up there I realized my mistake -- fortunately, there was no traffic -- and was able to smoothly go down the next off-ramp and figure things out from there.

But yeah. Now I get to say I've ridden my bicycle on the freeway.

Although come to think of it, that wasn't the first time. Because, well, I did ride my bike across the country when I was 18. And most of the time you can, and indeed are required to, avoid riding your bicycle on the interstates. But when you're going through Nevada and Utah, often there's literally no road other than the interstate, no frontage road no side routes nothing. (Frontage roads my beloved -- often next to the interstate there's a road that only exists to run parallel to the interstate but the speed limit is lower so there's basically no cars. So good for bicycles. You could ride like five abreast across both lanes if you keep a lookout and are prepared to get back in your lane the moment you see a car.) But it's not as bad as it sounds, because in those places the shoulder is really, really wide, so you're near cars and trucks going highway speeds but you're not in the same lane as them anyways.

The worst part is those ruts in the shoulder meant to wake drivers up if they fall asleep and start drifting off the road. Well. And the occasional pieces of ruptured tire.

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San Jose has long been known as the home of vast parking lots and suburban sprawl, but a coalition of transit advocates and tech companies have introduced tools they say will turn the city into a testing ground for the future of housing and parking policies in California.

The tools include an Airbnb-like platform for parking garage management and a heat map of San Jose’s parking demand that advocates want to use as a guide for managing metered parking in the city and identifying areas where street parking can be replaced with things like parklets and bicycle lanes.

At the heart of the tech rollout is a push to limit the construction of new large-scale parking lots and expand parking restrictions on city streets in San Jose — a city that is one of the most “overparked” municipalities in the state, according to transportation advocates — and pave the way for more homes, retail and restaurant spaces.

And city officials are on board. In December, San Jose became the country’s largest municipality to abolish decades-old parking minimums that fueled expansive concrete lots and commuter sprawl. Other cities, including San Francisco, Los Angeles and Berkeley, have eliminated all or most parking minimums for new developments. The state also banned parking requirements near public transit stops last year.

In San Jose, housing and transit advocates worry that despite the city’s policy change, developers will continue building car-friendly structures, limiting the density of San Jose’s building boom and the impact of a new BART line in the next decade. In the city’s downtown, developers have historically provided at least one parking space per apartment unit.

“Many developers are probably just going to stick there,” said Stuart Cohen, the founder of TransForm, the organization leading the tech rollout. “Because it’s just what people have done traditionally. So we’re really trying to create a new model of development, where often you won’t even have to have one space per unit.”

The $1.6 million project, backed in large part by a Knight Foundation grant, will see TransForm push developers to scale down their parking garages by using Parkade, a private application that allows both tenants and landlords to manage limited parking spots by renting out unused spaces.

Evan Goldin, the Parkade CEO, said the company helps buildings make better use of limited parking by eliminating unneeded long-term parking spots and turning others into short-term rentals that cater to guests. In one case, a Los Angeles apartment eliminated some parking and used the space for a restaurant, he said.

“There were literally people that lived in the building that were renting long-term parking just so their girlfriend could come over twice a week,” said Goldin. “That’s pretty silly.”

Another company, Parknav, will provide a real-time parking heat map and phone app of San Jose’s downtown area that shows expected parking availability based on studies of cell phone data and other metrics.

Cohen said the map can be used by city planners to see where parking demand is high to expand metering locations, along with providing a roadmap for adjusting rates that fluctuate with demand. One example would be hiking parking meter rates at peak periods, like lunchtime near a business district.

“You can much better come up with regulations for parking,” he said. Right now he said city parking management is “all visceral and best guess.”

Parking has been an important driver of housing costs because it reduces the number of dwellings that can be built and hikes the per-unit cost of development. A 2020 SPUR report estimated that parking garage spots cost about $50,000 per space to build, and even more if the garage is underground.

The impact of San Jose’s elimination of parking minimums is still unknown. Michael Manville, an urban planning professor at UCLA, said the city shouldn’t expect parking garage construction to end anytime soon. The likely impact is a “little bit less” parking with some more housing that “adds up over time.”

Even if a developer wants to build less parking, the other challenge, said Manville, is convincing lenders to finance a project that veers away from vehicle ownership in a city where the car has historically been king.

“The key is, do you have a market in mind of people who are willing to walk a block or two to get their car?” said Manville.

While a short drive through San Jose will reveal large parking lots sitting half empty, some parts of the city, including neighborhoods in East San Jose, are already facing a severe parking crunch. Some community representatives say the city needs to take a cautious approach to discouraging parking when public transit is not a viable option for their residents’ day-to-day lives.

“When developments are not including parking spaces it’s not going to deter these residents from not having cars,” said Councilmember Peter Ortiz, who represents East San Jose’s District 5. “They’re just going to park in the surrounding neighborhoods, which are already being impacted.”

[rabbitcruiser]

Napa Valley Vine Trail, CA (No. 4)

It’s remarkable how a single trail brings together an entire region. As California’s Napa Valley Vine Trail grows to reach its ultimate 47-mile potential, community members and visitors realize the beauty of connectivity and accessibility.

Chuck McMinn, founder and president of the Napa Valley Vine Trail Coalition, championed the trail—a vision of practicality and aesthetics—from the beginning. When vacationing throughout the world, McMinn says he and his wife always made it a point to rent bicycles to explore the region. Living in the scenic Napa Valley, he said it struck him, “Why don’t we have a trail like these other places?”

Napa Valley is synonymous with the green, rolling hillsides of classic wine country. There’s a particular appeal to walking or biking between the long-established vineyards, creating a deeper relationship between the people utilizing the trail with the grape growers and vintners who are the heart of the region.

Launched in 2008, the trail currently covers nearly 20 miles, which are open in a few disconnected sections. Beginning in Vallejo, the trail travels north through the City of Napa and its Rail Arts District, an outdoor art exhibit. Lined with vineyards, the paved pathway continues to Yountville, paralleling the Napa Valley Wine Train and State Route 29, offering a safer alternative to sharing the road with vehicles.

In 2022, the gap between Vallejo and the City of American Canyon on the southern end of the route, as well as the section between St. Helena and Calistoga on the northern end, will open, adding another 12 miles. The remaining 15 miles is in the works. By the project’s completion, anticipated by 2025, the Vine Trail will connect two counties (Napa and Solano), five cities and one town, and will link to two expansive regional projects, the Bay Area Ridge Trail and the San Francisco Bay Trail.

“I can’t say enough good things about this project,” said Joel King, board member of the Napa County Bicycle Coalition and avid Vine Trail cyclist. “There are so many benefits.”

King said prior to his retirement, he bicycled daily to work, and now appreciates the opportunity to pedal into town for errands, as well as use the trail for recreation. Although King is a lifelong bicycling enthusiast, the Napa Valley Vine Trail holds an appeal for all types of trail users, particularly because many residents live within just a half-mile from the route.

“You see a lot of regular people riding on it,” commented King. “The Vine Trail makes it so easy for people to get on the trail and go. You can go car free through the entire Napa Valley.”

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START Intro

2:17 on.soundcloud.com/uJzbW Slow Down: In a victory for people who use their own power to move, San Francisco organizers got slow streets made permanent. Taylor Nichols interviews Robin Pam of KidSafeSF, Jess Jenkins and Molly Hayden of Page Slow Street, and Sara Barz of Slow Hearst.

19:49 on.soundcloud.com/PciLH It's Healthy: Public Health researcher Isabella Chu discusses the rise in pedestrian and cyclist deaths, why (and for whom) our transportation system disincentivizes healthy behaviors, and the equal right to safe passage on the public right of way.

37:10 on.soundcloud.com/yvdz6 Free Bikes: Boston Transportation Planner Kim Foltz explains why and how Boston's bike share took off during last September's Orange Line shutdown. This is from an archived episode of Bike Talk on WMBR, with Executive Director of the Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition Galen Mook and his Bike Talk cohost, Mixmaster Mully.

Editing by Kevin Burton. Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb. Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward. Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.

[edisonkate]

8 Tips for Cycling in California

1. Learn the basic road laws. Ride in the direction of traffic and use the bicycle lanes when available. California law says you must ride as close to the right side as possible, unless the road is too narrow to be shared—in which case you are allowed to “take the lane.” (Not all motorists understand this, though, so always take precaution in this situation.) The California Bicycle Coalition outlines all the bike laws to know before you ride.

2. Wear this, not that. Cyclists under 18 must wear a helmet, but realistically it’s a good idea for everyone. And if you need to hear your playlist while you ride, keep it to one ear—a law passed in 2016 does not allow for headphones in both ears.

3. Nervous on the road? Find protected trails. Road riding isn’t for everyone, and California has miles upon miles of protected road. Go to traillink.com and type in a specific city and it will show you the distance, surface type, and mileage of routes in the area. Or start by reading Bicycling magazine’s list of the best bike paths in California.

4. Research your route. Check out bike mobile app Strava’s city guides for routes in Bakersfield, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Francisco, and more—coffee shops and photo ops included. Also, the California Bike Coalition has a solid list of free online maps for routes from Humboldt County down to San Diego. Check out routes in the Central Coast at CycleCalCoast. You can also get turn-by-turn directions using Google maps: Dark green lines denote protected bike trails (read: no cars), light green lines show dedicated bike lanes, and dashed green lines indicate bicycle-friendly roads.

5. Consider a cycling event. Start by choosing an enticing ride and let that inspire your trip planning. On any given weekend, you’ll find dozens of cycling events throughout California. Want to tackle a century (100 miles) in wine country? Attend a mountain biking clinic? Check the event calendars on SoCalCycling.com, Raceplace.com, or Active.com for ideas.

6. Try a cycling tour. An organized bike tour can be a simplified, luxurious way to see new parts of California. Dozens of companies—including Backroads, Trek Travel, Bicycle Adventures, DuVine, and many more—offer trips everywhere from Joshua Tree to wine country to the northern coast, and they often include gourmet local cuisine and overnight stays at high-end resorts.

7. Find a group. Local cycling clubs often have group rides for all levels, either through a local shop or otherwise. USA Cycling has a fairly comprehensive list of clubs, but sometimes just walking into the local bike shop and asking is the easiest way to get info.

8. Watch the Amgen Tour of California in person. If there’s one way to get inspired, watching a world-class bike event is it. With Tour de France-level riders cycling throughout California every May, the Amgen Tour of California presents a rare opportunity to see a pro peloton up close.

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Bike racks are about to spring up across The City like wildflowers.

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, Supervisor Rafael Mandelman and the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition are set to announce the doubling of the rate of bike rack installation across San Francisco starting late this year.

SFMTA installs about 500-600 bike racks per year but plans to double that to 1,200 per year, or 100 per month.

[citymaus]

“The muralist Mona Caron works out of the living room of her small apartment in the Castro. It’s a perfectly lovely one-bedroom but an unlikely headquarters for an international career that would be the envy of many who live in more lavish digs. How that came about is a story that still amazes her.

It often surprises people to learn that there is a wide range of artistic communities in the Bay Area that overlap only haphazardly. Caron is known to many in the Bay Area as an illustrator and social activist. Yet she is virtually invisible among curators and dealers in museums and galleries.

 “outgrowing” by mona caron, in kaohsiung, taiwan. 2017.

“She has been commissioned by the City of Kaohsiung in Taiwan to paint what is said to be the largest mural in Asia, a healing image of medicinal plants from around the world —metaphorical immigrants — prepared to revitalize the urban jungle. She worked with women of six Amazonian and three Andean indigenous territories to create a 164-foot-high tribute to “Women Protectors of Our Endangered Habitat.” She was brought in to paint a six-story portrait of “a tiny Amsinckia Menziesii,” the first wildflower she found sprouting after reclamation of a polluted site used for affordable housing in Union City.

the duboce bikeway mural in san francisco. mona caron’s first mural. 1998.

“It came about really by chance. I was just barely out of art school at all. At the time, I wanted to be an illustrator of books and magazines — that’s kind of what I was imagining for myself — and I got recruited by someone at the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. I turned it down, saying, like, ‘Well that’s great. I don’t know how to do that. I learned how to do watercolors, printmaking. I don’t know how to do something big.’

“And they said, ‘Well, figure it out. Learn it! Just do what you do small, we love it, make it big!’ That was my learning wall — I made every mistake on that wall because I just tried all the techniques.”

read more: sfchronicle, 18.12.18.  previous posts on mona caron’s artwork.

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(video) Zoox: San Francisco Bike To Wherever Day Read more: https://www.selfdrivingcars360.com/video-zoox-san-francisco-bike-to-wherever-day/

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Someone said something (related to the last thing I posted) that set me off. (But possibly unjustifiably -- possibly what I’m getting riled up about is not really based on what that person was trying to communicate -- so, I’m not directly tying this to what they said.) Collective action is different from individual action, but collective action still requires individuals to act. Sometimes people getting really into leftist theory just stop at talking about things and don’t ever actually do anything. (This is a really normal human failure mode: we love making things not-my-problem.)* Some examples of individual action: throwing an aluminum can in the recycling, refusing to wear a certain brand of sneakers, taking the subway rather than driving. Some examples of collective action: lobbying your local government to provide curbside recycling (or composting); putting public pressure on a specific corporation to hit certain waste reduction targets; organizing or participating in a boycott of that brand of sneakers (which is different than just personally or informally not buying them -- a boycott involves demands and implies you’ll all collectively go back to buying the shoes or grapes or whatever if your demands are met -- you have to let the target know that you’re boycotting and why); pushing your local government into building more high-density housing near subway stops. That’s not a comprehensive list -- for one thing, somehow I didn’t work in strikes. But I hope it paints the picture.

Not action: talking about the importance of collective action in extremely vague terms that imply that since you’re rejecting individual action as effective, that means you don’t actually have to do anything. Additionally, collective action is not without personal cost. Reducing the pollution caused by multinational corporations (while a good thing) is likely to mean we don’t get as many consumer goods available, and some of the ones that are available will be more expensive. If we pass more restrictive laws around sustainable seafood, some seafood is either going to be unavailable or be much more expensive. All that isn’t necessarily bad overall -- it can be worth it -- but I’m worried some people here “oh, well most pollution doesn’t come from individuals, it comes from corporations” as meaning that we all don’t materially BENEFIT from all that corporate pollution. We do. (Plastic straws for instance: putting pressure on businesses to use paper rather than plastic straws is absolutely a form of collective action. It might not be a good one and it can create issues for people with disabilities, but it is definitely a form of collective action. Please keep in mind that “collective action” is a term that describes strategy, it’s not a statement of how good or bad the action/end goals are.) Collective action isn’t something that just happens out there in the ether. It is not accomplished by magical fairies. It is done by people. And it is work. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was collective action. And it involved an awful lot of individuals being willing to do an awful lot of walking. Anyways, there’s a reason a lot of people on this site push joining a labor union hard. Joining some sort of organization with a common mission is how you get out of “am I wearing the wrong sneakers” individual action.

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One week after cyclist Tess Rothstein, 30, was killed by a driver on Howard Street in San Francisco’s South of Market, a protected bike lane on the dangerous stretch was finished in record time.

“This is the fastest we’ve seen a protected bike lane go in the ground, and it goes to show that changes on our streets can happen quickly,” says Charles Deffarges, senior community organizer of San Francisco Bicycle Coalition.

“Now, we need to see this type of action on other streets, before someone is hit and killed, starting with Folsom and Howard from Embarcadero to 11th Street.”

But will the City keep up the safety push once the attention turns elsewhere?

[citymaus]

I’ve been to an endless number of meetings where the SFMTA explains why a street is deemed a high-injury corridor ... and the opposition response is just, ‘You’re taking away my parking; you’re changing the way I get around.’ And it’s time for the political leadership to say, ‘Yes, we hear that. But safety is paramount.’

janice li, san francisco bicycle coalition advocacy director and BART board of director representing district 8.

On Friday, Tess Rothstein, 30-year-old woman working at Medium, was biking to work in the morning on a bikeshare bike in the “standard” bike lane on Howard between 5th and 6th Streets in SOMA, when she swerved to avoid a suddenly-opened door of a parked car, and then was hit and crushed to death by a truck driver who was driving in the lane on her left. 

read more: sfchronicle, 11.03.19. sfexaminer, 08.03.19. 

[derekdickey]

'Just shut up and bike' is not the solution, Black cyclist tells industry

Former LA County Bicycle Coalition director Tamika Butler addresses social injustice during the Virtual Bicycle Leadership Conference.

BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — Tamika Butler gave fair warning early to the 300-plus attendees of her Virtual Bicycle Leadership Conference address Wednesday morning.

"If you are timid about hearing about blackness and about hearing about race, this probably wasn't the morning session for you," said Butler, an avid cyclist and former executive director of the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition.

Indeed, Butler, the principal and founder of Tamika L. Butler Consulting, offered frank opinions about racial inequity despite what she frequently hears in rebuttal.

Just shut up and bike.

"You see folks in businesses, saying that Black women are just too emotional," Butler said during her 30-minute speech on The Role of Bikes in Mobility Justice during the conference presented by PeopleForBikes. "And in the bike world, I think there are a lot of Black folks who have heard just shut up and bike. Whenever I write something about bikes, the number of white folks who take the time to send me emails on social media that biking has nothing to do with race ... And that I should just shut up and focus on biking."

Butler, a graduate of Stanford Law School, was a civil rights employment lawyer. She said she grew out of love with the law and desired to work with nonprofits. Her chance to combine passion with profession came after she completed an AIDS/Lifecycle bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles. That's when she was told about the executive director opening at the L.A. County Bicycle Coalition.

She didn’t think it was a fit.

"Then I had another friend, a woman of color, who came back to me and said you have to apply for this job," Butler said. "Bikes and transportation are the baseline for which we have to see other social justice issues. And we're talking about how to get to their educational opportunities. How people get to the doctor. When people are able to have economic mobility. It's all about how they get there. And we have to have folks who are doing this work who are working at bike coalitions. Who are thinking about social justice. Who are thinking about what it would mean to be a bicycle organization that was anti-racist. We need more folks like you doing this work.

"Guilt works on me, so I decided to apply."

Butler said she was surprised to be offered the job, especially after telling the white board members, "I'm a queer Black woman. And that is the lens through which I see all my work. If you don't want this to be racial justice organization, then don't hire me."

But she did get the job in 2014 and said her nearly three-year tenure was embraced by a supportive board and staff.

"I have never watched this video of George Floyd dying. Because I can't handle that trauma. But I've seen this (photo). And I've seen that green bike lane behind him. So folks might want us to shut up and bike. No infrastructure is going to save our life when we are gasping for our last breath."

"It's still the best job I ever had," she said. "When you get to be on your bike everyday, and it's work, how can you do anything but smile? We were really impacting change."

Progress made

During her time, bike share was launched in L.A. and a ballot initiative was passed giving additional money to transportation, specifically to biking and walking infrastructure. "I was riding my bike to the Emmys. I got to do it all because of the doors bikes opened up for me."

But there was a headwind on the horizon.

A city council candidate, Joe Bray-Ali, who was then a bike shop owner, was running in 2017 with the promise of making cycling safer. A month before the runoff, it was reported he previously had made derogatory comments on a Reddit-like website targeting Blacks in addition to transgender, mentally disabled, and overweight people. Bray-Ali later deleted the comments and apologized.

"This was a person who opened up an expensive rare bike shop, and bike folks loved him," Butler said. "Bike folks loved the fact that he was going to make biking safer in this part of town. And not just any part of town, but the town I live in. This would've been my council member. When it came out, folks in the bike community came out and said that might be bad, but he's going to get me a bike lane."

Bray-Ali lost the runoff but the wound was deep.

"The point is, it's always easy to point at other people and say, 'I can't believe he didn't speak up and do something,'" Butler said. "But for many folks in this bicycling community, every single day you see and know people who are doing and saying things that you might say are a little off. But because you aren't a person of color, because you might not be fat, you might not be disabled, you might not be trans, because you might not be, you will let it go. And you don't speak up. And what you care about is, is this the coolest equipment? Is this the coolest bike? Is this going to get me a bike lane?"

Regarding infrastructure, Butler made note of the bike lane in the background of the widely published photo of Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd's neck.

"I have never watched this video of George Floyd dying," she said. "Because I can't handle that trauma. But I've seen this (photo). And I've seen that green bike lane behind him. So folks might want us to shut up and bike. No infrastructure is going to save our life when we are gasping for our last breath."

Butler urges the bike industry to be willing to risk backlash to stand against injustice.

Too many "wait for those of us who are folks of color to actually do something about it, to take a stand, to denounce it," she said. "Or in my case, to lead the organization. When you have top donors of your organization, when you have staff members, when you have board members saying you have to publicly endorse this person because this is our best shot at a more likable Los Angeles, that's when you have to take a stand.

"And for all of those people who don't speak up, part of it is because you don't want to lose anything. But for those of us who do speak up, you don't know about the endorsements we lose out on. You don't know about the jobs we lose. You don't know what it's like to ride your bike home from work crying and wondering how you're going to provide for your family. And you don't know what it's like to know since you left, the organization refuses to hire women of color because they just might not want to talk about race stuff."

Always speak the truth

Harkening to professional athletes speaking out about systemic racism who are told to shut up and play, Butler will continue to address the issues that might make some uncomfortable.

"So, when you say shut up and bike because bikes don't discriminate, you're absolutely right. Bikes don't discriminate. But cyclists are people, and frankly, the fastest growing number of people who bike are folks of color. But the folks we see in our magazines, the folks we see on TV, the folks we see representing the community, leading the organizations, leading the companies on the boards and in the boardroom, those folks don't look like me. So, yeah, bikes might not discriminate, but people involved in bikes do."

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[petergateskoch-blog]

Interview with Miles Stepto

Miles used to work at the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition as a project planner. He was born and raised in San Francisco and has been riding bikes in SF since he was a kid.

:10: Introduction

1:22: Would does the SF Bike Coalition do? What did you do there?

4:06: What is the goal of building bike infrastructure? Who are the stake-holders?

6:20: Common obstacles of building bike lanes? Opposition?

8:38: How do bike lanes impact neighborhoods?

11:31: What occurs first- bike infrastructure or gentrification?

14:55: How are bike lanes funded?

16:51: How does the bike coalition aim to make biking more inclusive?

20:34: What do you think is holding San Francisco back from being a bike city?

22:21: How can normalizing bike travel occur?

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