Year: 2019

It appears San Francisco’s leaders are warming up to rentable e-scooters. At a meeting held on July 16, 2019, members of the San Francisco Transportation Agency (SFMTA) agreed to keep their e-scooter program and welcome new applicants. Initially, only Scoot and Skip were allowed to place 2,500 e-scooters on San Francisco’s streets beginning in October…

A female cyclist is in critical condition after she was hit by a car Wednesday, July 10, 2019, at the intersection of Fifth Street and I Street downtown Modesto. According to the Modesto Police Department, the accident happened around 8 p.m. when the cyclist was riding northbound along the southbound lanes of 5th Street when…

From 2015 through 2018, there were 228 pedestrian-bicycle injury accidents in Santa Monica, according to police records and tragically, six of those resulted in fatalities. To combat this, the city received a grant of $385,000 to increase safety for pedestrians and cyclists. The grant came from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) to help…

Starting June 11, 2019, Lyft is rebranding its bike program from Ford GoBike to Bay Wheels. At the same time, it is unveiling a new ebike to the Bay Area that will feature pedal assist for hills and a new lock that will allow users to lock their bike up outside of the docking stations….

The Bay Area is becoming more bike friendly by the day. The long-term goal is to reduce motor vehicle use and increase alternative forms of travel such as walking and bike riding. The City of Palo Alto is the latest to contribute to those goals by opening a bike and pedestrian bridge over U.S. 101….

Cyclist are getting more of what they want and need from Caltrain, which carries commuters up and down the San Francisco Peninsula. The main line takes riders from San Jose to northern San Francisco and runs through Silicon Valley where a substantial number of cyclists commute. Each day, Caltrain carried over 6,000 bicycles which is…

Residents of Oakland will most likely see thousands of rentable e-scooters on their streets summer of 2019. According to a July press release, Oakland’s DOT has agreed to work with four scooter companies on implementing more e-scooters into the city as safely as possible. The e-scooter companies that will be included in this program include:…