The NY Times reported the winner of the CityRacks Design Competition in New York today, a contest to find the next generation design for all the city’s sidewalk bike racks. The winning design, called “Hoop” is by Ian Mahaffy and Maarten De Greeve from Copenhagen.
If only we could get the Bike Plan Injunction lifted [...]
This Saturday, October 18th, was the fourth annual “Peak to Peak” walk hosted by the local pedestrian advocacy group Walk San Francisco (www.WalkSF.org). This 12-mile walk went up and down along the spine of the city from Mt. Davidson to Coit Tower, with 15 different peaks along the way. It’s great fun, though I guarantee [...]
Heidi from Friends of the Urban Forest ( www.FUF.net ) and her volunteer crew pose after installing a tree for the St. Charles School on the corner by my house. Here in the Mission the trees have a hard life. I planted a tree in this same basin a few years back when I was [...]
Please join us on November 11 for Art for Kid’s Sake, a benefit that I am organizing for two San Francisco charities: Opportunity Impact and Burt Children’s Center. Tickets are $40 each and will get you food, drinks and the chance to bid on some amazing art. The event will be held at the West [...]
It’s not Amsterdam but it’s a start. After two years with zero bicycle improvements due to a legal challenge we finally installed our first “bicycle traffic signal”. As an often marginalized citizen of the streets the sight of that green light with a bicycle symbol on it is heart warming.
