2016 Bart Board District 7 Candidate Will Roscoe

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Candidate Facts

B7WR 2016-07-30 18.21.27    Name: Will Roscoe
   Campaign Website: roscoeforbart.org

Candidate Questionnaire

All official candidates were contacted and given the opportunity to answer our Candidate Questionnaire. Any candidate responses edited for length and clarity have been marked as such.

1. Do you ride a bicycle in the city?

Yes

If “Yes,” how often do you ride and for what purpose(s)?

I ride my bike almost everyday as I do not own a car. Mostly I ride, to downtown Oakland, to exercise in Emeryville, to meetings in San Francisco, and I bike with my son to drop him off at elementary school. When I don’t ride my bike, I skateboard or walk. 

2. Many Bay Area residents depend on being able to bring their bikes on transit, which gives more options for where you live, work, shop and more. Over the next four years, BART will be designing, testing and finalizing the new car designs. This gives a unique opportunity to improve bicycle access on BART. Do you support maintaining or increasing current space allocated for bikes on BART (currently two spaces per car)?

Yes 

3. Many of BART’s stations in San Francisco are surrounded by streets on the city’s high-injury network, defined by the Department of Public Health as 12% of the city’s streets where 70% of severe and fatal traffic collisions occur. As BART Director, would you support significant bicycle and pedestrian safety improvements on streets surrounding BART stations to improve multimodal access?

Yes 

4. Of the BART stations located in San Francisco in the district that you’re running for, name one station improvement you would prioritize as BART Director to improve bicycle, pedestrian and disability access.

Bike parking should be free, fast, safe and always available at every station. At all stations (specifically commuter stations) I’ll make sure there are enough bike racks for riders to quickly park and catch their train. I’d also ensure that the parking area was monitored by open (publicly searchable) security cameras to dissuade and catch bike theifs. Racks and cameras are affordable, easy to install and will help ease crowding on trains.

5. What are your key priorities in increasing BART access for all in order to improve multimodal connections for all communities and types of BART riders?

In 5 years: ● Maintain safe and reliable BART operations. ● Expand bike parking and bike share infrastructure at stations. ● Support dense, transit oriented developmenets on BART Station properties. ● Ensure bond funds are invested to develop the worlds best transit system. This includes infrastructure maintenance but also the research into alternatives to BART’s outdated, custom, and expensive technology.

In 20 years: ● Develop BART into multi carrier self driving mass transit system. ● Enable most of the Bay Area transit operators (MUNI, AC Transit, ect) to use BART right-of-ways. ● Add 1000 new BART stations [RESPONSE TRUNCATED]

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2016 Bart Board District 7 Candidate Lateefah Simon

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Candidate Facts

B7LS    Name: Lateefah Simon
   Campaign Website: www.lateefahforbart.com

Candidate Questionnaire

All official candidates were contacted and given the opportunity to answer our Candidate Questionnaire. Any candidate responses edited for length and clarity have been marked as such.

1. Do you ride a bicycle in the city?

No [RESPONSE TRUNCATED]

2. Many Bay Area residents depend on being able to bring their bikes on transit, which gives more options for where you live, work, shop and more. Over the next four years, BART will be designing, testing and finalizing the new car designs. This gives a unique opportunity to improve bicycle access on BART. Do you support maintaining or increasing current space allocated for bikes on BART (currently two spaces per car)?

Yes [RESPONSE TRUNCATED]

3. Many of BART’s stations in San Francisco are surrounded by streets on the city’s high-injury network, defined by the Department of Public Health as 12% of the city’s streets where 70% of severe and fatal traffic collisions occur. As BART Director, would you support significant bicycle and pedestrian safety improvements on streets surrounding BART stations to improve multimodal access?

Yes [RESPONSE TRUNCATED]

4. Of the BART stations located in San Francisco in the district that you’re running for, name one station improvement you would prioritize as BART Director to improve bicycle, pedestrian and disability access.

We need to make real investments to fix dilapidated escalators and elevators once and for all. One of my stations in Montgomery St. where multiple escalators have been done simultaneously this year. The traffic jams caused by broken escalators pose a major risk to small children and people with disabilities even when the elevators are working.

5. What are your key priorities in increasing BART access for all in order to improve multimodal connections for all communities and types of BART riders?

BART provides an invaluable service to hundreds of thousands of working people everyday. However, in the past few years, the failure to reinvest in BART’s core infrastructure has resulted in noticeable effects for riders. In the short-term, my priorities are to deal with deferred maintenance issues for the safety and comfort of riders, starting with passing the BART Bond and then managing those funds in an open and responsible way. Also, I will work for more affordable transit-oriented development, improvements to stations that make them more accessible to pedestrians, cyclists, and transit riders. [RESPONSE TRUNCATED]

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2016 Bart Board District 9 Candidate Bevan Dufty

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Candidate Facts

B9BD 9IKnbCvv    Name: Bevan Dufty
   Campaign Website: bevandufty.com

Candidate Questionnaire

All official candidates were contacted and given the opportunity to answer our Candidate Questionnaire. Any candidate responses edited for length and clarity have been marked as such.

1. Do you ride a bicycle in the city?

No [RESPONSE TRUNCATED]

 

2. Many Bay Area residents depend on being able to bring their bikes on transit, which gives more options for where you live, work, shop and more. Over the next four years, BART will be designing, testing and finalizing the new car designs. This gives a unique opportunity to improve bicycle access on BART. Do you support maintaining or increasing current space allocated for bikes on BART (currently two spaces per car)?

Yes [RESPONSE TRUNCATED]

3. Many of BART’s stations in San Francisco are surrounded by streets on the city’s high-injury network, defined by the Department of Public Health as 12% of the city’s streets where 70% of severe and fatal traffic collisions occur. As BART Director, would you support significant bicycle and pedestrian safety improvements on streets surrounding BART stations to improve multimodal access?

Yes [RESPONSE TRUNCATED]

4. Of the BART stations located in San Francisco in the district that you’re running for, name one station improvement you would prioritize as BART Director to improve bicycle, pedestrian and disability access.

Powell Street Station has the highest rate of acts of violence and crime. I will convene stakeholders to de-escalate violence and make this a safer, more inviting station and provide help to those who are living in the station with distress.

5. What are your key priorities in increasing BART access for all in order to improve multimodal connections for all communities and types of BART riders?

Prioritize developing in all of the unused space on downtown stations. Add bike parking, bike shops (maintenance) and shopping could make stations more profitable and pleasant to spend time in. And support the east and South Bay stations by alleviating parking and supporting biking.

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2016 Bart Board District 9 Candidate Michael Petrelis

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Candidate Facts

B9MPhead shot    Name: Michael Petrelis
   Campaign Website: https://www.facebook.com/PetrelisFiles/

Candidate Questionnaire

All official candidates were contacted and given the opportunity to answer our Candidate Questionnaire. Any candidate responses edited for length and clarity have been marked as such.

1. Do you ride a bicycle in the city?

Yes

If “Yes,” how often do you ride and for what purpose(s)?

I ride my bike several times every day to shop and bring home food from farmers’ markets and other items in my baskets, get to political and cultural events, reduce my carbon footprint, enjoy company of other bikers and to maintain personal wellness. As a lifelong rider who has never learned to drive a car, my commitment to riding extends to renting bikes when traveling. To protect myself and promote personal safety by example, I always wear a helmet. At 57, I’m a proud slow biker, so look for me on the right of city bike lanes.

2. Many Bay Area residents depend on being able to bring their bikes on transit, which gives more options for where you live, work, shop and more. Over the next four years, BART will be designing, testing and finalizing the new car designs. This gives a unique opportunity to improve bicycle access on BART. Do you support maintaining or increasing current space allocated for bikes on BART (currently two spaces per car)?

Yes

3. Many of BART’s stations in San Francisco are surrounded by streets on the city’s high-injury network, defined by the Department of Public Health as 12% of the city’s streets where 70% of severe and fatal traffic collisions occur. As BART Director, would you support significant bicycle and pedestrian safety improvements on streets surrounding BART stations to improve multimodal access?

Yes

4. Of the BART stations located in San Francisco in the district that you’re running for, name one station improvement you would prioritize as BART Director to improve bicycle, pedestrian and disability access.

Starting with the 16th Street station, we must install highly visible wayfinding signs directing folks to the plaza level elevator near Walgreens and from the concourse to the platform. Disabled persons especially in wheelchairs, parents traveling with children in strollers, those with luggage or who can’t safely walk their bikes up or down stairs need to know where the elevator is located and it must be clear to the eyes of all and the visually impaired. In June 2015, I lobbied BART to improve wayfinding signage, http://mpetrelis.blogspot.com/2015/06/barts-major-changes-coming-to.html. Unfortunately, the agency failed to keep its wayfinding promises.

5. What are your key priorities in increasing BART access for all in order to improve multimodal connections for all communities and types of BART riders?

Abolish the BART police force or expand accountability and disarm the cops. Local cops should handle security. Guarantee bike parking surveillance cameras are authentic and recording activities, enhance lighting of and space at corrals. Hold board meetings during evening hours and listening sessions at stations. Reopen all public restrooms. Better maintain escalator and elevator operations. Pass this November’s bond measure. Appoint a Rider’s Represenative to act on users’ concerns.

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How to Honor Heather and Kate

Posted on by San Francisco Bicycle Coalition

Heather Miller (pictured above, right) was 41 years old. She loved her dog and a good glass of wine. She died biking through Golden Gate Park, along that stretch of JFK Drive without a protected bike lane.

Kate Slattery (pictured above, left), also a San Francisco resident, was 26 years old. She tweeted about equal opportunity for women, running and her Wisconsin Badgers’ basketball. Kate died when she was biking north on Seventh Street, crossing Howard beneath a green light.

We didn’t know Heather and Kate, but we’ll always remember Wed., June 22 as the day they took their last rides.

Take a moment today and say their names. Heather and Kate were not SF Bicycle Coalition members, but they biked here and we worked for them, advocating for City leaders to deliver the safe streets that they deserved. City leaders failed Heather and Kate, and we need to let them know that that is unacceptable.

At yesterday’s press conference, Mayor Lee and City leaders offered nothing but hollow talking points. We heard more vague promises about eliminating traffic deaths without a single concrete proposal for how they intend to do so. Meanwhile, the SFMTA is lamentably behind in delivering on its own plan to build the bike infrastructure we know our city needs. This week, those delays had fatal consequences.

The deaths of Heather and Kate this week were preventable, and the SFMTA knew that as far back as 2014. Yesterday, we published an incomplete list of high-injury corridors where the City has zero plans for improving biking this year. We also highlighted that, two years after promising to dedicate half of all traffic citations to the five violations accountable for a majority of traffic deaths, the SFPD remains woefully behind on reaching their own goal.

These City agencies work for you, the people of San Francisco. And they answer to Mayor Ed Lee, who needs to hear from you today.

Please write Mayor Lee and demand a specific action plan to improve the safety of biking in our city. San Franciscans deserve safe streets, not vague promises. The tragedies that took Heather and Kate this week demonstrate yet again that the City is delivering too little, too late.

Please join us in honoring Heather and Kate by demanding action to prevent more innocent people from dying on our streets.

Write Mayor Lee

To: mayoredwinlee@sfgov.org 
CC: janice@sfbike.org
Subject: Honor Heather, Kate with immediate safety improvements

Text for your consideration and personalization: In 2016, San Francisco is on pace to set a new all-time high in traffic fatalities. The evening of Wed., June 22 is an unprecedented reminder of how much work is still needed to eliminate traffic deaths.

Enough is enough. I am writing to you today to demand an action plan as our city’s top leader to deliver the change we need on our streets to make San Francisco a safe place to bike.

 

The SFPD continues seeking the suspect driving the car who killed Heather Miller. If you have any information, please call SFPD’s anonymous tip line at 415-575-4444.

Two Fatalities in One Night an Unprecedented Wake-Up Call

Posted on by San Francisco Bicycle Coalition

UPDATE Tues., June 28, 2016: Please write Mayor Lee and demand a specific action plan to improve the safety of biking in our city. San Franciscans deserve safe streets, not vague promises. The tragedies that took Heather and Kate this week demonstrate yet again that the City is delivering too little, too late.

Please join us in honoring Heather and Kate by demanding action to prevent more innocent people from dying on our streets.

Write Mayor Lee

To: mayoredwinlee@sfgov.org 
CC: janice@sfbike.org
Subject: Honor Heather, Kate with immediate safety improvements

Text for your consideration and personalization: In 2016, San Francisco is on pace to set a new all-time high in traffic fatalities. The evening of Wed., June 22 is an unprecedented reminder of how much work is still needed to eliminate traffic deaths.

Enough is enough. I am writing to you today to demand an action plan as our city’s top leader to deliver the change we need on our streets to make San Francisco a safe place to bike.

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Our hearts are broken today in the wake of an unprecedented night of tragedies for people biking in San Francisco. Words cannot do justice to the profound sympathies we have for the two women who died in last night’s collisions, their families, their friends and everyone affected.

Today, the people of San Francisco need Mayor Ed Lee, the SFMTA, the SFPD and other City leaders to recognize their roles in permitting tragedies like these to continue happening on our streets. Enough is enough.

What we know at this moment is that both fatal crashes were hit-and-runs on streets identified by the City as high-injury corridors: one on JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park near 30th Avenue, and one at the intersection of Howard and Seventh Streets.

Both women were biking legally on known, popular bike routes and were victims of hit-and-run drivers who were speeding. In Golden Gate Park, a speeding driver entered the opposite lane of traffic while attempting to pass a car, colliding head-on with the person biking. In SoMa, a driver ran a red light on Howard Street, colliding with a person who was biking through the intersection at Seventh Street.

The suspect in the SoMa collision attempted to flee, crashed the vehicle, has been apprehended by SFPD, and charged with vehicular manslaughter. The suspect in the Golden Gate Park collision fled the scene, abandoned the vehicle in the park and is still at large. There is an anonymous tip line to assist the SFPD in their investigation at (415) 575-4444.

Yesterday’s collisions are not isolated incidents. They are part of a pattern in San Francisco that City leaders are failing to adequately address.

The City’s goal of eliminating all severe injuries and traffic fatalities is achievable. Like so many tragedies before them, yesterday’s crashes happened on bike routes identified by the Department of Health as high-injury corridors. Speeding is implicated in both crashes and continues to be the number one cause of severe injuries and traffic fatalities in our city.

Today, the SFPD continues failing everyone who uses San Francisco’s streets. Two years ago, the police department promised to dedicate at least half of all traffic citations to the five most dangerous violations, including speeding. They have not yet proven up to the challenge of delivering on their own promise.

The SFMTA needs to urgently accelerate improvements to our bike network and realize the Bike Strategy fully by 2018. Both of yesterday’s tragedies occurred on high-injury corridors which the SFMTA encourages people to bike as part of the City’s official bike routes. Both corridors have woefully inadequate infrastructure. Howard and Seventh Streets offer unprotected bike lanes, and an entirely unprotected and unpainted intersection. The western section of JFK Drive does not even have sharrows, let alone protected bike lanes which could have prevented yesterday’s tragedy there. Neither of these high-injury corridors has improvements planned for this year. We know what our city’s streets need; we need the SFMTA to deliver.

Ultimately, we need leadership at the top, and Mayor Ed Lee is failing as a leader. Where we need transformative safety improvements and transformative leadership, we have vague promises and a void of action.

As the popularity of biking rises faster than that of any other transportation mode, we need protected bike lanes on JFK Drive. And across SoMa, we need physically protected bike lanes and intersections. These crashes were preventable, and the City should urgently act to see that such tragedies are not repeated.

In addition to improvements on these streets, we need citywide improvements to make the high-injury network obsolete. This is an incomplete list of the streets identified by the City as high-injury corridors where the SFMTA has no plans to deliver safer streets for people biking this year:

  • JFK Drive
  • Kezar Drive
  • Geary Boulevard
  • Park Presidio Boulevard
  • Cross Over Drive
  • Lincoln Way
  • Sunset Boulevard
  • Taraval Street
  • Sloat Boulevard
  • Skyline Boulevard
  • Gellert Drive
  • Lake Merced Boulevard
  • 19th Avenue
  • Sickles Avenue
  • Alemany Boulevard
  • Palou Avenue
  • Third Street
  • San Bruno Avenue
  • Bayshore Boulevard
  • Industrial Street
  • Mission Street
  • Cesar Chavez Street
  • 24th Street
  • Guerrero Street
  • South Van Ness Avenue
  • Valencia Street
  • Potrero Avenue
  • 18th Street
  • 17th Street
  • 16th Street
  • Dolores Street
  • 15th Street
  • Octavia Boulevard
  • Haight Street
  • Turk Street
  • Fulton Street
  • McAllister Street
  • Grove Street
  • Eddy Street
  • Ellis Street
  • O’Farrell Street
  • Post Street
  • Sutter Street
  • Bush Street
  • Pine Street
  • California Street
  • Stockton Street
  • Broadway
  • Columbus Avenue
  • Kearny Street
  • Bay Street
  • The Embarcadero
  • Fourth Street
  • Fifth Street
  • Sixth Street
  • King Street
  • Townsend Street
  • Harrison Street
  • Folsom Street
  • Howard Street

Hollow words from City leaders will not suffice. The people of San Francisco deserve safe streets. They deserved them yesterday. And they deserve urgent steps today by City leaders to deliver them as soon as humanly possible.

Bike Share Expansion: Is Your Neighborhood Next?

Posted on by Janice Li

Bay Area Bike Share is beginning to plan for their next phase of expansion, and you’re invited to join the efforts.

Over the next month, Bay Area Bike Share is looking for public feedback for the next areas where bike share will be growing, including the Haight, Mission Bay, Dogpatch, Hayes Valley and Western SoMa. Do you live, work or hang in these neighborhoods regularly and wish there were more accessible and affordable transportation options? Here’s your chance to give feedback about what station locations work for you.

Haight-Ashbury Bike Share Expansion Workshop
Tues., June 28 at 6:00pm and 7:00 pm
Park Branch Library at 1833 Page St.

Mission Bay & Dogpatch Bike Share Expansion Workshop
Mon., July 11 at 6:00 pm and 7:00 pm
UCSF Mission Bay, Tivoli Room at 654 Minnesota St.

Western SoMa Bike Share Expansion Workshop
Tue., July 19 at 6:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Gene Friend Rec. Center, 270 6th St. 

Hayes Valley and Filmore Bike Share Expansion Workshop
Mon., July 25 at 6:00 pm and 7:00 pm
African American Art + Culture Complex, 762 Fulton St.

When it comes to biking, we know that every person who’s biking means an extra seat on Muni or one less car trip. As the popularity of biking continues to soar in San Francisco, we know that increasing access to bikes will help everyone get around. An equitable bike share system will do just that, which is what your San Francisco Bicycle Coalition continues to work towards.

These upcoming workshops are a great opportunity for you to join us in getting more people to enjoy the fun of riding on two wheels. Where can we increase the visibility of biking? What streets or destinations could be easily accessed by biking? Which communities could benefit from having an affordable and environmentally-friendly mode of transportation available?

Come to these meetings and share your thoughts with Bay Area Bike Share.

Three Ways to You Can Make a Difference on Market

Posted on by Julia Raskin

What’s new on Market Street? So many things!

Here are three of the different ways for you to get involved:

1. Connecting SoMa and the Mission

Did you know the intersection of Market and Valencia (right where our office is located!) is called “The Hub”? This intersection was once where all four of the city’s cable car lines converged.

Over the years, The Hub transformed into a bustling area with housing, shops and offices on every block. To ensure The Hub grows as the city adds more residents, the Planning Department will host its second community workshop for the Market Street Hub Project looking at transportation and public realm improvements. Wish there was a better bike connection between SoMa and the Mission? Make your voice heard.

Market Street Hub Project Workshop
Wed., June 22 at 6:00 pm
Red Cross Building, 1663 Market St.

If you can’t make the meeting, please send your comments to julia@sfbike.org.

2. Getting to the Castro

Market Street may be lined with rainbow flags all the way to the Castro right now, but what if you had green paint to match? Along with greening the bike lanes on Market Street, the SF Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) is proposing a whole slate of street improvements for an easier bike ride, fewer cars blocking the bike lane and better crossings at complicated intersections.

The SFMTA held an open house last month and has a survey open to get your feedback. The next steps are making the quick paint improvements this fall as they go through the full approval process for the rest of the project, including the proposed protected bike lane from Octavia to Duboce. Want to stay in the loop? Sign up for our Market Street campaign today.

Sign Up for Market Street Updates

3. The Big Picture

Market Street has always been a street of the people. Stitching together diverse neighborhoods with vibrant city life on every block, every mode of transportation connects here, from ferries at the Embarcadero to the historic streetcars that ring their way down the center of the street. And now, Market Street is the home of some 7,000 trips taken by bike every single day.

Our ask has always been the same: from the Ferry Building through Octavia, we need protected bike lanes. What better way to get more people out on their bikes than making our most-biked street more welcoming to them? We’re excited to share that the big picture Better Market Street is taking strides forward in the planning process. The City has begun its design phase, taking a deeper look at each unique section of Market Street and coming up with proposals for how to turn Market Street into the people-first boulevard that San Franciscans deserve.

Stay tuned as we expect more information to share over the coming months.

SF Bicycle Coalition Selects 9-Year Member as Next Executive Director

Posted on by San Francisco Bicycle Coalition

After a national search, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition’s Board of Directors selected Brian Wiedenmeier as the organization’s next executive director.

As development director for the past two years, Brian has presided over a 24 percent expansion of the SF Bicycle Coalition’s budget, now totaling $2.4 million. Brian begins in this new role on Wednesday, July 6 with a deep knowledge of the SF Bicycle Coalition’s work and San Francisco’s political landscape. He also offers experience helping lead strategic planning processes at other nonprofits. The SF Bicycle Coalition’s board and staff intend to engage their members in a strategic planning process later this year, as the current five-year plan comes to a close, to help shape the direction of their work for years to come.

“Brian’s professional accomplishments and experience really stood out throughout this hiring process,” said Brianne O’Leary Gagnon, president of the SF Bicycle Coalition’s Board. “He’s committed to people biking and the city of San Francisco, and those passions — along with Brian’s track record of success — are going to be a huge benefit to people who bike here.”

Brian moved to San Francisco 10 years ago from Minneapolis, where he went to college, and joined the SF Bicycle Coalition as a member the following year. He bikes both as his primary means of transportation, as well as for recreation. In addition to the long rides Brian often takes on mornings and weekends, he just completed his second 545-mile AIDS/LifeCycle ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles last week.

“It’s really important to me not only that we continue improving biking in San Francisco, but that we do so in every single neighborhood of our city,” Brian said. “If you live in the Tenderloin, the Bayview or the Excelsior, I want you to know that the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition is here to help improve your streets to meet your hopes and needs.”

Brian is taking the reins from interim executive director Margaret McCarthy as the final step in a rigorous, seven-month process conducted by the organization’s board.

“Margaret flourished in her role as interim executive director,” said Brianne. “She is a truly inspiring leader.”

McCarthy resumes her prior role as program director through July, also working to support the organization through the upcoming transition. Afterwards, she plans to wrap up nearly four years on the SF Bicycle Coalition’s staff and hopes to enjoy some travel.

“The organization is so lucky to have Brian stepping up as the next executive director,” Margaret said. “At a time when the popularity of biking is soaring in our city, the future has never been so bright for the members of the SF Bicycle Coalition.”

The SF Bicycle Coalition was founded in 1971, when there was not a single bike lane in the city. Forty-five years later, there are 222 miles of bike lanes in San Francisco, and the organization boasts a membership of over 10,000 people.

Pride Parade Superstar: Steve Hershoff

Posted on by Giselle Diaz

Wondering where the best possible place to view San Francisco’s glorious Pride Parade is? (Hint: It’s NOT from the sidelines!) We talked to Steve Hershoff, SF Bicycle Coalition member and returning parade-goer about why the best way to experience San Francisco’s Pride Parade is by biking in it.

SF Bicycle Coalition: What made you want to participate in the 2015 Pride parade?

Steve: I had done it before, had a lot of fun and knew that it would be just as much fun again. (And it was!)

What was your costume for the 2015 Pride Parade?

Well, not exactly a costume, but I like to wear tie-dye to this event. It’s bright and cheerful, which reflects the mood of the day. Also I needn’t be concerned with what color I’m wearing — I’m wearing them all!

How did the crowd react to the SF Bicycle Coalition’s contingent during the parade?

People were very positive, warm and encouraging as they cheered us, and I enjoyed exchanging high fives as I rode by.

Did you meet any new SF Bicycle Coalition members?

Yes. Everyone was there for the same reason, and there was a great feeling of “being in this together.”

How did it feel to ride down Market Street with just you and the SF Bicycle Coalition contingent?  

Tremendous!

What was your favorite part about the day?

The ride, of course, but I also enjoyed watching some of the parade after our contingent finished, and the party at Civic Center afterwards.

What are you most looking forward to about the Pride parade this year?

Riding with like minded SFBC members, and the good feelings emanating from them and the crowds along the route.

Be part of the celebration, the party and the fun by riding along with Steve and other SF Bicycle Coalition members in this year’s 46th annual Pride Parade. Enjoy an urban biking experience unlike any other, which is guaranteed to be the most fun you’ll have biking down Market Street this year! Reserve your spot today.