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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