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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:…

A teenage cyclist was hit by a car while riding his bike across the street using the crosswalk. According to police, a car had stopped to allow the rider to cross the street, but the car in the next lane didn’t stop and hit the cyclist. The accident happened Tuesday, July 2, 2019, at 3:20…

Police are looking for a late-model white GMC Yukon with a aftermarket chrome grill seen leaving an accident scene heading toward Quincy Avenue on Audubon Drive. According to witnesses at the scene, the Yukon appeared to have attempted to pass another vehicle in the right land when he collided with a cyclist. The bike rider…