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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 8d

SF D6 supervisor Matt Dorsey voted for this. He brags about riding bikeshare while taking away bike access for others.

Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 8d

In case you missed it, here is my post on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge multiuse path, which will be closed Monday-Thursday starting sometime this month thanks to the work of @mtcbata.bsky.social and Caltrans.

marinbike.org/news/the-rsr...

The RSR Bridge Path is closing M-Th. What now?

Learn about the decision to close the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge path on weekdays and its impact on Bay Trail access for travelers.

marinbike.org

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 18d

Everyone has a take on the Engardio recall... here's mine. The recall doesn't mean mode shift and car-free spaces are disastrously unpopular, but it does mean urbanists in SF should rethink the strategy of being in coalition with moderates/conservatives.

scott.mn/2025/09/23/e...

Engardio recall shows SF's moderate-urbanist coalition is collapsing

Time for something new

scott.mn

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Dean Preston @deanpreston.bsky.social · 23d

These victories matter more than ever.

“Metro reinstates two LA bus drivers who vowed to protect riders from ICE
An LA County Supervisor and thousands of residents spoke out in support of the bus operators, who now have a 60-day unpaid suspension from their jobs”

Metro reinstates two LA bus drivers who vowed to protect riders from ICE

An LA County Supervisor and thousands of residents spoke out in support of the bus operators, who now have a 60-day unpaid suspension from their jobs.

lapublicpress.org

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Friends of Sunset Dunes @sunsetdunes.org · 24d

Still beautiful; still one of SF’s most popular parks. Sunset Dunes forever.

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Safe Street Rebel @safestreetrebel.com · 24d

damn, blocked :(

Safe Street Rebel @safestreetrebel.com · 24d

nicer than your last reply, we'll take it

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Safe Street Rebel @safestreetrebel.com · 24d

For sure there are non-conservatives in D4 but they haven't been winning elections recently. this is also a district that voted to recall Chesa and had the highest vote percentage for Trump. Unclear what the return for activating the most reactionary voters in D4 is

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Safe Street Rebel @safestreetrebel.com · 24d

That's not what happened here, though — Engardio's best districts in 2025 were Mar districts in 2022. his best districts in 2022, the most conservative ones, voted to recall him this time around. Mar districts were most likely to vote Yes on K. what different conclusion can we draw here?

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Safe Street Rebel @safestreetrebel.com · 24d

-Initial data indicates the recall —despite getting some prog engagement—was driven by conservative voters who refuse to acknowledge we live in a city and deny our climate emergency.
-More D4 voters voted yes on prop K than yes on recall. This vote was not a referendum on the park.
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Safe Street Rebel @safestreetrebel.com · 24d

The recall shows a few things:
-Reactionary politics is inherently unsustainable; the recall-loving, pro-car base that engardio relied on to win in 2022 immediately turned on him the minute he did the only visionary act of his career.
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Safe Street Rebel @safestreetrebel.com · 24d

Four years ago, SSR was started to make the great highway permanently car-free. Now, sunset dunes is one of SF's most popular parks. Like the embarcadero and central freeway removals, there may be more fights ahead, but we're not going back.
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Group of people on bikes and runners in front of cars on the Great Highway at night. Credit to Open The Great Highway

Lots of people enjoying Sunset Dunes on a beautiful day.

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · Sep 9

Hats off to advocates in SF for fighting for transit funding. (And nice shirt.)

With Bay Area transit funding on ‘life support,’ advocates rally in S.F. for state money

While there’s concern Gov. Newsom’s office will table a key transit loan until next year, politicians suggest there’s still hope for the funding measure to find approval before this week’s...

www.sfchronicle.com

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Safe Street Rebel @safestreetrebel.com · Sep 7

We're happy to see an official Muni sign at Church/Duboce replace our community-installed one after 3 years! They even reused our mounting hardware 🥺
Make your own sign at munisign.org/

Muni sign for the 22 and N Judah Owl - official

Muni sign for the 22 and N Judah Owl - Safe Street Rebel with munisign.org

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Transbay Coalition @transbaycoalition.bsky.social · Sep 6

🚨49 hours til the Emergency Rally to Save Bay Area Transit🚨 Join us at Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco at 9am on Monday to urge Governor Newsom to follow through on his commitment for emergency funding to stop cuts to BART, Muni, Caltrain, and AC Transit
actionnetwork.org/events/emerg...

Emergency Rally to Save Bay Area Transit

Alert alert! The transit agencies the Bay Area depends on – BART, Muni, AC Transit, and Caltrain – face massive service cuts unless Governor Gavin Newsom follows through on his promise of a $750M emer...

actionnetwork.org

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Zach Lipton @zachlipton.com · Sep 5

Emergency rally to save transit funding 9am at Civic Center!

actionnetwork.org/events/emerg...

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Cyrus Hall @cyrushall.bsky.social · Sep 4

Gov Newsom still hasn't signed the $750m loan to Bay Area transit agencies that would get us to the Nov 2026 funding votes. He has eight days to act.

Please take a moment to call his office at (916) 445-2841 and use the attached script, copied from a @transbaycoalition.bsky.social.

Hi my name is (your name), I live in (your town), and I was so relieved in July when I heard that the state budget would include a $750 million emergency loan to BART, Muni, AC Transit, and Caltrain to stop massive service cuts, before funding starts to flow from a regional funding measure) . These transit agencies provide essential service to our communities and I depend on them to get where I need to go.

However, I’m very concerned that with just eight days left to issue the loan, the Governor hasn’t followed through on his promise to protect our communities from these devastating cuts. I’m calling to urge him to make good on his promise and issue that loan ASAP to these transit agencies and stop these terrible cuts. Thank you.

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Safe Street Rebel @safestreetrebel.com · Aug 21

Lurie allowing Waymo/Uber onto Market while cutting Muni service for 240,000 daily riders is despicable, and keeps anyone without tons of wealth out of downtown.

We will not let the Mayor and his corporate buddies create an SF for the wealthy only.

Sign the petition.
Direct action coming soon.

Sign the petition — Keep Market Street Moving

keepmarketstmoving.org

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Streetsblog USA @usa.streetsblog.org · Aug 17

'Tombstones': Our reporter Matt Sage found at least five bikes and mopeds at a federal immigration courthouse in NYC that haven't moved — evidence that their owners have been disappeared by ICE:

'A Tombstone': Abandoned Bicycles Outside Federal Courthouse Are a Symbol of U.S. War on Immigrants - Streetsblog New York City

At least four bicycles and one moped are chained up and seemingly abandoned outside the federal courthouse. They are symbols of America's war on immigrants.

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Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · Aug 16

Homeowners: "Our streets need protection from homeless people!"

City: "Here are dozens of concrete barriers."

Bicyclists: "Our bodies need protection from fast-moving traffic!"

City: "Here are a few plastic pixie sticks."

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · Aug 7

Astonishing to hear several BCDC commissioners state that:

Ending 24/7 bike/walk access to Richmond San Rafael Bridge curtails maximum public access to the Bay,

AND that such a move is unprecedented,

BUT they still plan to curtail access.

Why? The purpose of BCDC is to protect & expand access.

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · Aug 2

sfstreetcars.co

Image of the Key System from 1941 with the words as meme text

Feel like pure shit, just want her back

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Robert Prinz @prinzrob.bsky.social · Jul 21

The petition to keep the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Trail open 24/7 is now fewer than 75 signatures from the 5000-person goal. Check it out & share now so we can meet & exceed that number ahead of the August 7th meeting & vote!

bikeeastbay.org/rsr

Save the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Trail!

The Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Trail is at risk of weekday closure! Learn more and sign the petition to keep it accessible 24/7.

bikeeastbay.org

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The San Francisco Standard @sfstandard.com · Jul 18

Opinion: The bench bandits speak: San Francisco needs to sit down and relax

How to make SF less hostile? Add more benches, write the anonymous creators behind the Bay Area's guerrilla Bench Collective.

sfstandard.com

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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · Jul 16

Why those 8 mph matter ⬇️

pedestrian fatality risk as a function of speed

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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · Jul 16

Cops have never and will never do traffic safety enforcement

www.reddit.com/r/carfreebay...

$Advice for bike crashes in SF? Unfortunately, a friend I was riding with this weekend got hit by a pickup truck making a left turn in front of him at a green light while he was going straight. He is okay - just lots of cuts and bruises, but his bike is destroyed. The driver tried to hit and run, until a witness started banging on his vehicle to get him to stop. I was shocked to learn that SFPD wouldn't send anyone to the crash site unless an ambulance is needed. SFPD did eventually show up, because the driver called, wanting to pursue damages to his vehicle (?!). The cop proceeded to victim blame my friend for "riding too fast" (\~15mph in a bike lane on a 25mph road) and "not being cautious enough around traffic." Besides being beyond furious at how little the city cares to protect cyclists or enforce traffic laws, some practical questions for you all: How do you document incidents if SFPD refuses to show up? Are there other things we could have said when we called 911 to indicate the seriousness of the crash? The cop that showed up also indicated that my friend (the one who got hit) could get points on his license for a moving violation. Crazy. Are you obligated to give your drivers license number, even when a license is not required to ride a bike?$

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