I’m hard pressed to think of a more urban – and hilly city – in the US than San Francisco.  And until this weekend  I didn’t think of it as a particularly bike friendly city.  But…this weekend changed my mind.

It also made me think…if they can make San Francisco this bike friendly most cities in the US can do it as well.

I’ve been riding in an around (well mainly around) San Francisco for years.  I’d ridden down by fisherman’s warf, across the Golden Gate and out onto the headlands (which if you have not done it is absolutely spectacular with it’s views back toward the Golden Gate and San Francisco).  So when most people think of riding “in San Francisco” they think of the views like these.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But this weekend I decided to explore the city…and do some urban riding.

I had heard that the city had added lots of Sharrows and bike lanes.  But I had no idea how many had been added.  In the downtown area it seems as if almost every other street has sharrows.  And at least some of the one way streets, which are typically three lanes wide, have sharrows on both of the outer lanes.

So after spending a glorious weekend in San Francisco…I’m more convinced than ever that no matter what your city looks like (flat, hilly, urban, suburban), no matter what the traffic is like…you can make it bike (and Pedestrian) friendly.

Just keep saying to you and your colleagues…if the can do it in San Francisco, we can do it here!!!