A Craigslist advertisement hawking a stolen bike led to the arrest of two men in the Bayview last week, police said. A stolen bike wasn’t all police found. A San Ramon resident contacted Bayview Station police after seeing his bike being sold on the website.
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Cabdrivers and bicyclists — never the closest of friends — could see their rocky relationship get even uglier soon.
Taxis will now be able to drop off and pick up passengers in bike lanes — a move welcomed by drivers sick of getting nailed with $105 parking tickets, but criticized by cyclists who say it will worsen safety conditions.
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A proposal to close one lane of busy Oak Street to accommodate bicyclists coming from the Panhandle has critics predicting a parking and traffic nightmare along a stretch of road that drivers from the western part of The City use to reach the freeway.
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Commuting to work in downtown San Francisco on a bike has its drawbacks — figuring out where to lock it up, and risking whether it will be stolen or vandalized.
As bicycling becomes more popular, so does the importance of bike accommodations.
As soon as January, San Francisco’s downtown building owners could be required to allow employees to bring their bicycles into offices, or provide secure storage onsite or within 750 feet of a building.
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Nancy Ho was fatally struck by a delivery truck Wednesday when she turned her bicycle from Fremont Street onto Mission Street. She was not wearing a helmet.
Her death once again raised a contentious question in the bicycling community — should cyclists be required to wear helmets?
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A man was seriously injured when he lost control of his bicycle and crashed near the Balboa Park BART station in San Francisco on Saturday afternoon, police said.The accident was reported at about 4:55 p.m. Saturday near the intersection of San Jose and Ocean avenues.The 39-year-old victim struck his head on the ground, according to police.
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Calling all probationers: don’t ride your bike on the sidewalk. Cops busted a man riding his bike on the sidewalk Sunday near Jackson Street and Van Ness Avenue. After detaining the man around 11:30 p.m., the officers discovered he was on probation, searched him and found heroin, police said.He was booked on charges including narcotics possession, cops said.rnagle@sfexaminer.com
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While a bill to increase traffic enforcement at a notoriously dangerous intersection on Market Street was vetoed by the governor Wednesday night, advocates for the plan said they will continue to pursue it while also investigating other safety upgrades at the site.
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Imagine pedaling a bicycle for nearly a month, traveling almost 4,000 miles during the peak of summer through every possible landscape, including deserts and mountain passes — while disabled. Sound difficult?
Not to hundreds of injured war veterans who fought enemy combatants in the Middle East and will be participating in a grueling cycling quest from San Francisco to Virginia that begins Saturday.
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