Annual Report 2016 STAFF Nancy Buffum Family and Schools Program Manager Chris Cassidy Communications Director Frank Chan Operations Director Tracy Chinn Pedaling SF Forward Development Director Riding a bicycle in San Francisco has never been more popular. From Charles Deffarges Community Organizer 2015 to 2016, there was a 10-percent increase in the number of Kevin Diep trips in just one year, making bicycling the fastest growing mode of Technology Coordinator transportation in SF. Susan Gallentine Event Planner And yet, that progress is not enough. The question of how we make Anna Gore biking feel safe and inviting enough for even more people from all Membership and Business Program backgrounds to enjoy biking across our city remains. Manager Janice Li The good news is that we have a great answer to this question: build Advocacy Director more protected bike lanes. We have designed our streets to privilege Libby Nachman people driving at the expense of public safety. Every day that we delay Program Coordinator the construction of better streets, we allow that injustice to continue. Janelle Phung Family and Schools Coordinator Building those protected bike lanes takes political will, which in turn Julia Raskin takes building the movement in support of better infrastructure. We Community Organizer will not, however, be able to build that movement beyond a largely Kelsey Roeder white, middle- and upper-class constituency unless we think and act Membership and Volunteer Coordinator beyond the bicycle. Julia Schaber Graphic Designer If we know what it takes to save lives, we have to build a broad base Gina Schumacher of support for those solutions. That process takes work and time, but Development Associate I believe its lasting impact will be a better city for all people to bike in. Miles Stepto And I am more than willing to work beyond the bicycle. Program Coordinator Ana Vasudeo One of the ways that we are doing that is through the expansion of Program Director bike share: both Ford GoBike and new stationless bike share systems. Brian Wiedenmeier Through our Bike Share for All campaign, and in partnership with Executive Director many community-based organizations across the city, we fought for a Janelle Wong bike share system that is affordable and accessible for people from all Operations Manager neighborhoods and income levels. We are also pleased that those same values are being applied to the permitting process for stationless bike share operators. I am truly BOARD excited about the what bike share in all of its forms will mean for San Nicholas Aulston Francisco. Cities around the world have shown us that the more people Rocky Beach ride, the louder the call for better biking infrastructure will grow. Mary Kay Chin · Secretary Our work will intensify in the year ahead. A visionary design for a Lisa Fisher Better Market Street, with continuous, protected bike lanes from the Jenn Fox Embarcadero through Octavia, is on the horizon. It is going to take Chema Hernandez Gil a significant amount of organizing and mobilizing support to see Amandeep Jawa this design realized. And Market Street will be just the start as we Shirley Johnson welcome more people to biking for everyday transportation, and to Adam Keats the movement for livable, bikeable streets. Every success we can look back on, and look forward to, is a direct result of our members’ and Lawrence Li · Treasurer supporters’ passion. Thank you for your dedication and persistence, Lindy Kae Patterson elevating all of our calls for a sustainable San Francisco. Jeremy Pollock Leah Shahum Andy Thornley · President See you in the bike lanes, Jiro Yamamoto Get to know our Board of Directors at sfbike.org/board. Brian Wiedenmeier 1720 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94102 Executive Director, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition tel: 415-431-2453 (BIKE) fax: 415-431-2468 [email protected] Programs 2016 Delivering Big 10,000+ 12,482 Members elevating our Bikes parked at events voice! across SF by our Valet Bike Parking team. 280 569 Bikes distributed to folks Professional drivers who couldn’t bike other- took our safety training. wise during Community Bike Builds. 10,800+ 6,700+ Hours donated by over Students celebrated Bike & 800 SF Bicycle Coalition Roll to School Week. Volunteers. 930 747 People who attended one Bike lights installed for of our bicycle safety people biking at night classes. without lights. Volunteers of the Year Jenn Chan sindy cho ALL-AROUND ALL STAR VOLUNTEER NIGHT CHAMPION Jenn is a champion in the Richmond District, Not only does Sindy attend each and every giving a huge amount of support to our Volunteer Night, she takes extra time to advocacy work in D1 and Golden Gate Park. pick up the delicious snacks that we provide Whether it’s organizing rides, attending to keep our volunteers fueled at Volunteer walk-throughs or providing input at Night. She also distributes posters for all our community meetings, Jenn does it all. major events and volunteered at a Bike to Work Day Energizer Station. Volker Neumann Ivan Abeshaus Paddy O’Flynn SNAPSHOT SUPER STAR IVAN OF THE YEAR MOST ACTIVE BIKE MECHANIC Have you ever looked at event pictures We realize that such a specific award Paddy is a bike mechanic extraordinaire. He on the SF Bicycle Coalition’s Twitter or means it’s unlikely Ivan would have much completed over 38 hours of volunteering for Facebook accounts? Chances are, those competition, but no one is more deserving of our Community Bike Build program in 2016 photos were taken by Volker, whose talent an award than Ivan Abeshaus. From truck- alone. Paddy has been a fixture at our bike with a camera is undeniable. His photos driving and tote-bag stuffing to helping builds, helping to ensure that the reclaimed support our communications and marketing with our move, Ivan supports the big and bicycles we distribute to communities across work year after year. little things that help keep our organization San Francisco are in good working order. rolling. KEY WINS IN 2016 Mayor Lee’s Executive Directive For the first time in San Francisco history, the Mayor issued an Executive Directive -- the highest form of mayoral authority -- addressing safety for people walking and biking on our streets. As a direct result, we saw approvals expedited for protected bike lanes on Seventh and Eighth streets, a wholesale traffic circulation analysis for Golden Gate Park and the San 5 Francisco Police Department finally meeting their Focus on the Five promise to dedicate most traffic 1 citations to the five most dangerous violations. SF’s First Protected Intersection We saw construction completed on San Francisco’s first protected intersection, bringing smart, innovative design to our streets. The intersection includes safety islands for people walking and takes the chaos of crossing the street at Ninth and Division streets. 2 “Self driving Uber prototype in San Francisco” by Dllu is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Self_driving_Uber_prototype_in_San_Francisco.jpg Going Toe-to-Toe With Corporate Threats to Safe Streets When Uber flouted state regulations and began testing unsafe, unpermitted autonomous vehicles on San Francisco’s streets, we led the charge to inform and organize the public, ensuring that innovations are done right and respect people biking. After just eight days, Uber shuttered their unready autonomous vehicle testing on San Francisco’s streets. 3 “Southbound BART train passes Outer Mission in San Francisco between Balboa Park station and Daly City station” by Tim Adams is licensed under CC BY 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southbound_BART_train_passes_Outer_Mission_in_San_Francisco_between_Balboa_Park_station_and_Daly_City_station.png Crucial BART Bond Passed With an overhaul of decades-old infrastructure threatening the reliability and safety of BART’s operation, your San Francisco Bicycle Coalition pushed hard for the two-thirds vote needed to pass a desperately needed $3.5 billion bond, with 81 percent of San 4 Francisco voters voting for the funding. Halfway There: The Bay Bridge People Path We celebrated the completion of the eastern span of the Bay Bridge People Path, finally bridging the gap for people biking between the East Bay and the very edges of San Francisco’s city limits. We continue working to see plans advanced for the western span, which is estimated to see 10,000 people biking it daily upon completion. 5 Thanks to our Generous Supporters! The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition’s victories and accomplishments are fueled by our members and supporters who believe in the daily advocacy we do to make San Francisco a better place to live, work and bike. Thank you to the following businesses, foundations and individual supporters who gave generously to make our work possible in 2016: * All or a portion of the donation was contributed to the SF Bicycle Coalition Education Fund. + Member of the Board of Directors in 2016. Foundation & Business Support Law Offices of Linda Ross* The Freewheel $50,000+ The Law Offices of Meisel, Krentsa & Burneikis* HNTB Corporation* craigslist * Luminescence Foundation* if(we)* Martin Building Company* Kongregate $25,000 - $49,999 Mike’s Bikes of San Francisco Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects* Anonymous* Mission Bicycle Company* PG&E Campaign for the Community* Hellman Foundation* New Deal Advisers* PUBLIC Bikes* Panoramic Interests* S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation* $15,000 - $24,999 Paoli & Geerhart LLP* Salesforce.org* Bay Area Bicycle Law* Paragon Real Estate* SF Public Library Climate Ride* Pedal Revolution Sustainable Technologies* Dolan Law Firm* Sally Morin Law* Swell Bicycles Google Matching Gifts Program* The San Francisco County Transportation Authority* T-Mobile USA, INC.* Linkedin* San Francisco Health Plan* Tenderloin Housing Clinic Recology Saris* Valencia Cyclery Scott Love Law* WaterSmart Software* $10,000 - $14,999 SITELAB urban studio* Yelp* Anonymous* Thomas C.