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San Francisco bike culture matures as bike plan is adopted
After nearly three years of stalemate due to a court injunction, the San Francisco Bicycle Plan has its environmental impact report unanimously certified by the Planning Department and is adopted by the Municipal Transportation Agency.The San Francisco ...
KQED discussion about San Francisco Bike Plan
While you wait for my take on last week's MTA meeting that approved the log stalled San Francisco Bicycle plan, here's an hour long round table discussion that aired this morning on KQED's Forum.Guests were • Charlie O'Hanlon, owner of Charlie's Place ...
bikescape's fifth bike to work day and a rally for transit
Another year goes by and another bigger and better Bike to Work Day beats expectations. We visit the San Francisco City College Campus and chat with Gus from The Bikery. Then we bike across town to hand out goodies at the Chinatown energizer station ...
Bike bloggers meet-up in Sacramento
Recently I was in Sacramento where coincidentally the Amgen Tour of California was holding its opening time trial. I stopped into the R-16 bar to have a few beers with some of my favorite bloggers. It was noisy. There was beer.Still, I think the ...
Two Cities: Hong Kong and San Francisco
A visit with family offers a chance to report from Hong Kong. We visit the densest square kilometer on Earth then ride in bike paradise Lantau Island. Along the way, we meet Martin Turner of the Hong Kong Bicycle Alliance and stop in at the stylish ...
An Interview with Gary Fisher
In this episode we welcome the legendary Gary Fisher to the show for a long, rambling chat. We talk about growing up in Marin County during the dawn of mountain biking, the growth of the industry he and his friends started. We also touch on the future of ...
An Interview with Gary Fisher
In this episode we welcome the legendary Gary Fisher to the show for a long, rambling chat. We talk about growing up in Marin County during the dawn of mountain biking, the growth of the industry he and his friends started. We also touch on the future of ...
An Endless Tour with Cindy and Tim Travis
Tim and Cindy Travis have been on the road on their bikes since 2001. They checked in with Bikescape when they passed through San Francisco. Here's the interview.Download the mp3 orsubscribe to Bikescape in itunesVisit Tim and Cindy's website to stay in ...
An Endless Tour with Cindy and Tim Travis
Tim and Cindy Travis have been on the road on their bikes since 2001. They checked in with Bikescape when they passed through San Francisco. Here's the interview.Download the mp3 orsubscribe to Bikescape in itunesVisit Tim and Cindy's website to stay in ...
Press release sustainability vs. the real thing
Our Mayor Newsom just uploaded a set of videos as a state of the sity speech with forty devoted to transportation and another forty to the environment.Sorry Gavin, but your show just doesn't hold a candle to what they're doing in Amsterdam where they ...
Press release sustainability vs. the real thing
Our Mayor Newsom just uploaded a set of videos as a state of the sity speech with forty devoted to transportation and another forty to the environment.Sorry Gavin, but your show just doesn't hold a candle to what they're doing in Amsterdam where they ...
A Conversation with Clarence Eckerson of Street Films
Last Halloween I met with video documentarian Clarence Eckerson of Street Films and Bike TV and we had a great and sprawling discussion about the role of internet-based video and blogging in transportation activism. Street Films is a part of Streets ...
A Conversation with Clarence Eckerson of Street Films
Last Halloween I met with video documentarian Clarence Eckerson of Street Films and Bike TV and we had a great and sprawling discussion about the role of internet-based video and blogging in transportation activism. Street Films is a part of Streets ...
Sunday Streets in San Francisco
In this episode we ask the perennial Bikescape question: What is a street? Is it a place to travel through to to go to? For thousands of years streets have been a place for friends and strangers to meet, a place where the threads of community are woven, ...
Sunday Streets in San Francisco
In this episode we ask the perennial Bikescape question: What is a street? Is it a place to travel through to to go to? For thousands of years streets have been a place for friends and strangers to meet, a place where the threads of community are woven, ...
Cycling opens up civil society in Brazil
Sao Paolo activists open Bicycle PlazaAs every cyclist knows biking creates community. Instead of sitting in a tin can, cyclists are out in the world, reacting to their surroundings and interacting with the friends and strangers they meet along the road. ...
Activism at City Hall and in the Streets
The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition leads a protest on the steps of City Hall decrying the slow pace of progress on the environmental review for the Bicycle plan as a court injunction drags on. Then we go inside City hall to knock on doors to promote the ...
Activism at City Hall and in the Streets
The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition leads a protest on the steps of City Hall decrying the slow pace of progress on the environmental review for the Bicycle plan as a court injunction drags on. Then we go inside City hall to knock on doors to promote the ...
Free Wheelies: Pedicabs of New York: An Endangered Species
I tracked down Frederic Choiniere. He's the film maker who presented his work at the pedicab workshop during the Towards car-free Cities Conference in Portland. Here's his film about the politics that swirl around New York's pedicab industry.