![]() ![]() The group made plans to do another Commute Clot the next month. Carlsson said the experience was euphoric. They ended up riding southwest along Market Street to Zeitgeist, a bar in the mission. About 50 people showed up,” said Carlsson. So if you're sick of being treated like crap on the streets of the city, show up for this thing and ride home in a group. One of the slogans that came out that period was that we're not blocking traffic, we are traffic. “We were asserting our right to the streets, essentially. They planned to gather at Embarcadero Plaza, right by the Ferry Building in downtown San Francisco, and ride home together. ![]() One night, on the last Friday of the month in September of 1992, Carlsson and a group of friends decided to take action. ![]() “I mean, you certainly could do it, it was legal, but you were taking your life into your own hands.” “You weren't allowed to bicycle in San Francisco in the early '90s,” said Hugh D’Andrade, a friend and collaborator of Carlsson’s. Other cyclists who rode during that time remember the situation similarly. But there would also occasionally be the aggressive motorist who would actually try to cut you off or bump you off the road,” said Carlsson. “There was a lot of abuse hurled at you, verbally mostly. In the late '80s and early '90s, Carlsson would commute down Market Street to an office on Rincon Hill, right by the Bay Bridge. NPR One or your favorite podcast platform. Every square inch of the width of Market Street was full with motorized vehicles, buses or streetcars,” said Chris Carlsson, author and historian.īay Curious is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area. “There was literally no place where the bicycle was accepted to be on the road. There were just a few bike lanes, no slow streets and not nearly as many people on bikes. In 2021, San Franciscans made 4.7 million trips on bicycles, and the city boasts more than 463 miles of bike lanes, paths and trails.īut just 30 years ago, none of this existed. Lime-green bike lanes crisscross the city's roads, barriers discourage drivers from entering bike lanes, and designated routes and slow streets let riders get away from cars more easily. Look around San Francisco's streets today, and you'll see all sorts of infrastructure designed to make bicycling in the city safer. ![]()
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