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BIKE SHOP CHALLENGE WINNER | 5 MEETING YOUR BIKE PARKING NEEDS | 6 BEVY OF SOMA IMPROVEMENTS COMING | 7 MEET VOLUNTEERS KAT, ASUMU | 11 TEACHERS SUPPORTING FAMILIES BIKING | 12 EDITOR Chris Cassidy COPY EDITOR Christopher White DISTRIBUTION Zack Lipson DESIGN Julia Schaber The Tube Times is a quarterly publication of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, a member-based nonprofit advocacy organization working to transform San Francisco’s streets and neighborhoods into more livable and safe places by promoting the bicycle for everyday transportation. ADVOCACY DIRECTOR Janice Li, x302, [email protected] BICYCLE PARKING COORDINATOR Bridget Zapata, x303, [email protected] BICYCLE PARKING COORDINATOR Rourke Healey, x303, [email protected] COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Chris Cassidy, x308, [email protected] COMMUNITY ORGANIZER Charles Deffarges, x313, [email protected] COMMUNITY ORGANIZER Julia Raskin, x312, [email protected] BETTER MARKET CAN BE SF'S BEST DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Tracy Chinn, x316, [email protected] When City staff first presented new travels in San Francisco. I talk to people DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE preliminary designs for the Better every day who tell me that they would Gina Schumacher, x320, [email protected] Market Street project, I had to practice try biking in San Francisco if only it felt EVENT PLANNER my poker face. safe. If designed and executed right, the Susan Gallentine, x318, [email protected] plans for Better Market Street will address EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR After years of outreach and planning, Brian Wiedenmeier, x305, [email protected] the number one barrier that prevents here was a design that featured FAMILY & SCHOOLS COORDINATOR even more people from making a healthy, protected, separated bike lanes in each Janelle Phung, x324, [email protected] sustainable and affordable transportation direction for the entire length of Market FAMILY & SCHOOLS PROGRAM MANAGER choice: the perceived safety of biking in Nancy Buffum, x314, [email protected] Street, from the Embarcadero through our city. GRAPHIC DESIGNER Octavia Boulevard. Private automobiles, Julia Schaber, x317, [email protected] including Lyfts and Ubers, would be Better Market Street is still just a vision MEMBERSHIP & BUSINESS PROGRAM MANAGER restricted east of 10th Street. It was on City slide decks. To make it manifest Anna Gore, x303, [email protected] almost too good to be true; were we in concrete will require a tremendous MEMBERSHIP ASSISTANT looking at a vision for a street in San amount of organizing and work. With Kelsey Roeder, x310, [email protected] Francisco or Copenhagen? so many people who use Market Street, OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Frank Chan, x304, [email protected] engaging and organizing all of those There is something about Market Street OPERATIONS MANAGER stakeholders to overcome the inevitable that makes it special. Market is San Janelle Wong, x311, [email protected] opposition to change is now a primary Francisco’s widest street as well as one PHONE BANK COORDINATOR focus of our work. The City plans to start Juli Uota, x319, [email protected] of its longest. It forms the transportation construction on the first segment of Better PROGRAM COORDINATOR spine of our city, carrying hundreds Market Street by the end of next year. Christopher White, x322, [email protected] of thousands of people every day PROGRAM COORDINATOR on bicycles and on foot, rolling and We need your help in making sure that Miles Stepto, x315, [email protected] scooting, and on BART and Muni. And that timeline does not slide. That is why PROGRAM DIRECTOR yet Market Street is so much more than I am asking you to consider making a Ana Vasudeo, x301, [email protected] the sum of these trips. personally significant, tax-deductible, TECHNOLOGY COORDINATOR year-end gift to the San Francisco Bicycle Kevin Diep, x307, [email protected] Market Street is the place where San Coalition Education Fund at sfbike.org/ Franciscans come together to march BOARD OF DIRECTORS donate. We have proven time and again for justice and meet for a night at the Nicholas Aulston, Rocky Beach, Mary Kay Chin (Secretary), that with the right resources and people Lisa Fisher, Jenn Fox, Chema Hernández Gil, Amandeep Jawa, theater. It’s the street where some go to Shirley Johnson, Adam Keats, Lawrence Li (Treasurer), Lindy Kae power, we can make real change on our buy the latest fashions and where others Patterson, Jeremy Pollock, Leah Shahum, streets. Market Street represents the Andy Thornley (President), Jiro Yamamoto go for farm-grown produce. It’s the place biggest test of that formula yet: we will where thousands of us live and work. No VALET BICYCLE SUPERVISORS not be successful without your support. one neighborhood or community lays Nahid Abunama-Elgadi, Amita Amin, Nicolas Anderson, Loren Bondurant, Zach Bondurant, Geoff Fletcher, Francisco Grajales, claim to Market Street; rather, it forms Better Market Street is the best Xiomara Grande, Kate Hanus, Devon Hayden, Caley Heekin, Richard the border and intersection among opportunity we will have for a generation Kesler, Jessi Lawrence, Nick Marti, Maggie McGarry, Matthew many geographic and cultural identities. to demonstrate that San Francisco is McKenna, Elisa Meza, Nassim Nobari, Dat Phan, Angelina Romano, Alexis Wallace, Tracy Weiss From the Financial District to the Castro a city that manifests values of justice, — and all points in between and beyond accessibility and sustainability in the way INTERNS — Market Street is many different things it designs and builds its public spaces. I Lucinda Casbolt, Jessica Castaneda, Yajayra Cortez, Ivy Li, Alvin Lin, Yi Wen, Andrew Zhang to many different people. look forward to riding alongside you in this fight. 1720 Market Street That’s why it’s so important to see San Francisco, CA 94102 Market Street’s redesign done right. A tel: 415-431-2453 (BIKE) fax: 415-431-2468 street that puts the needs of people [email protected] first will not only dramatically improve Support our work for more welcoming, more bikeable streets safety, but it will open up affordable with a gift today: sfbike.org/donate. and accessible transportation choices to everyone who lives, works and Brian Wiedenmeier facebook.com/sfbike instagram.com/sfbike Executive Director San Francisco Bicycle Coalition twitter.com/sfbike flickr.com/sfbike INTRODUCING "RIDE WITH RESPECT" By Christopher White Whether we acknowledge it or not, when we are out on our city streets we are in a relationship with everyone else with whom we’re sharing that space. Why not strive to make that relationship as kind Light Up the and respectful as it can be? It’s this goal that inspires the launch of a new campaign: Ride with Respect. Night is Back Building off of our popular Light Up the Night campaign (see sidebar), we’re popping up around the city this fall with Bike Ambassador stations to celebrate the simple pleasures of biking with respect for those navigating the city with us. And what better way to celebrate than with free bicycle Are you ready for a 5:00 pm sunset? bells for those who stop by? Thanks to the generous support of LaneSpotter (a new bike-specific navigation app) and Recology, we plan to Daylight savings time ends on Sunday, hand out 75 bells at each of four stations throughout the fall. Nov. 5, which means that our evening commutes are about to get a whole lot So what does it mean to Ride with Respect? On the road, we can remember darker. That’s why your San Francisco the thoughts and feelings of others in a variety of ways. People don’t like to Bicycle Coalition is gearing up to Light Up be surprised, so remember to pass other bikes on the left, leaving ample space to avoid startling anyone. This is a good thing to keep in mind at red the Night with our annual bike light- lights too. To ensure that everyone has space to stop behind the stop line, distribution program. Our staff and resist the urge to partake in “shoaling,” or pulling in front of someone member-volunteers will host several pop- already stopped at a red light. up events in neighborhoods across the city with the goal of installing hundreds of And yes, everyone needs space sometimes. Remember that sidewalks are free white front lights and red rear lights for folks on foot, not for bikes. The same holds true for crosswalks. Those for people biking without them. Bike lights narrow strips are the only spots in the street designated for our friends not only help you see, but they help you walking. Just as it’s frustrating when a truck illegally double-parks in a be seen, and they’re required by law. To busy bike lane, it’s frustrating to dodge bikes while crossing during a short “walk” light. help ensure these free lights go to those who need them most, we keep the Communication is also key. That’s where those bells we’ll be handing out distribution locations a secret. come in handy. Ringing your bell — or even calling out “on your left” — when passing someone allows them to respond appropriately, making SF Bicycle Coalition members: everyone safer. Hand signals also let everyone know our intended Flash your membership card at one of our direction, as does the subtle language of lane positioning. bike shop discount partners to save money on the purchase of new lights. (See But why should we bother with these dynamics? I think of a conversation the complete list on the back cover of this with an ex-partner. “Why do you always leave dirty dishes in the sink?” he Tube Times.) Find out more about the law snapped at me once. Always? Perhaps two, three times. But those are the instances that stand out.