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Ben Marks is a freelance writer and editor. His cycling accomplishments include solo rides from Santa Cruz to San Simeon and Fort Bragg to San Francisco. His regular weekend loop usually takes him up Old La Honda Road to Skyline and then back down via the Woodside Bakery and Café.

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Bike plan yes, jail for cop no

This was a bittersweet week for bay area cyclists. On Friday, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency voted to approve 45 of the 46 bike...
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SFMTA Bike Program due for decision

Friday June 26 is decision day for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's much delayed bike plan. Fifty-six projects adding some 34 miles...
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Caltrain still struggling with bike capacity

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On February 5, 2009, the Caltrain board of directors approved a plan to increase bicycle capacity on its trains by 27 percent. The plan calls for...
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SF mayor's fleet of $20,000 bikes. WTF?!

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A week or so ago, I blogged about how the thefts and vandalism that have plagued the Velib bike-sharing program in Paris ought to be a cautionary tale...
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Paris bike vandalism a warning for SF plan

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A couple of summers ago, I spent exactly one day in Paris with my family. We were in London prior to a trip to Edinburgh to attend the Fringe...
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Newsom peddles Bike Plan

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I just watched Gavin Newsom's State of the City Transportation Webisode on YouTube so that you don't have to. Writing in Tuesday's San Francisco...
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