transportation

The best commute ever

Casey Miner — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:43:50 +0000

If you met Stephen Linaweaver after 7am, you probably wouldn’t think he’s much different from any other Bay Area professional. He’s 38 years old. He works for a company that does sustainability consulting for corporations. He’s kind of outdoorsy. Whatever.

But if you met him before 7am, you’d definitely think he was unusual. For starters, you’d have to do what I did, which is drive down to the Port of Oakland before dawn and talk with him while he’s getting ready to launch his kayak into the Bay.

Alameda County's Measure B1 still up in the air

Julie Caine — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 01:53:59 +0000

There’s one race still up for grabs in the Bay Area: Measure B1, Alameda county’s proposed new transit tax.

SF Bike Coalition plans friendlier roads for cyclists

Ben Trefny — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 23:40:13 +0000

In Downtown San Francisco on Market Street, subtly hidden next to the glitzy Westfield Shopping center, 10 floors above the newly painted green bike lanes, are the offices are the San Francisco Bike Coalition. It’s big and lofty-feeling; there’s a wall filled with hooks for bikes. This is the brain trust of the city’s bike movement. The person in charge is SFBC’s executive director, Leah Shahum. And she has a vision: