Category: Bicycle News

Bay Area news outlets survey bike and motor vehicle accidents when they occur, particularly when they involve serious injuries and/or lead to traffic congestion. However, these media reports often fail to contextualize these crashes and help readers understand what they mean and how they can prompt better safety habits. Below, we report on two scary…

  San Francisco’s newest safety measure for cyclists is hard to see from a distance, and its future success may be even harder to see. A raised bike lane on eastbound Market between 12th and Gough has been installed, allowing cyclists to ride 2-3 inches above the height of the regular road, which puts them…

Whether you’re outdoors obsessed or a tech maven hoping to build and scale your online business, you can tap a bewildering assortment of apps on almost every topic to make life easier and more fun. Bikers who want to cycle to work and test their skills on the trail can also avail themselves of awesome…

Bikers in the Bay Area face a unique set of challenges that can make navigating the local streets difficult. These include: Our exceptionally steep streets. San Francisco streets may be beautiful and picturesque, but they create special hazards for drivers, pedestrians and bikers alike. For instance, cars and bikes have a harder time braking on…

  As a law firm, we advocate always obeying the law when you’re on your bike. However, a proposed new law may make it possible for you to take the next stop sign you see as more of a suggestion than a rule. The Streetsblog SF reports: “…The SF Board of Supervisors is going to…

  Since bicycles are relatively small, especially when compared with massive cars and trucks that populate Bay Area roadways and freeways, cyclists face special types of dangers that put them at extra risk for injury or death. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 900 people died in bicycle accidents in the…

  Any time you try to pull together a top 5 (or even a top 10) list of biking excursions in the Bay Area, you obviously will disappoint fans out there. To wit, in this post, we will not cover the amazing 10 mile jaunt through Portola Redwood State Park near Pescadero Creek, which shuttles…