2007 - San Francisco Bicycle Coalition

San Francisco
B icycle C oalition
20 0 7 A n n u a l R e port
SAN FR ANCISCO BICYCLE COALITION 20 07 ANNUAL REPORT
2007
a year of unprecedented
growth
The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition added 1,500 new
members, growing us to a total of 7,500 members
and making us the largest membership group in San
Francisco dedicated to calming city streets and creating
a more sustainable urban environment, as well as the
largest local bike advocacy organization in the country!
Bicycle ridership grew a whopping 12% from 2006,
according to official City counts, underscoring the
importance of our work and the need for more bike
lanes, bike parking, and bike accessible transit. It is
clear that more people are wanting and choosing to
bicycle for transportation, which is the SFBC’s end goal.
The biggest challenge of 2007 continued to be the
Bike Plan injunction which requires the City to prepare
and certify a full Environmental Impact Report (EIR) of
the Bike Plan and has prevented the City from striping
any new bike lanes, painting sharrows, installing bike
parking racks, or even adding bike related signage.
Despite the injunction, we advanced the bike cause in
significant ways in 2007.
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Supervisor Bevan Dufty joined SFBC members for a ride to City Hall on Bike to Work Day and
was joined by six other Supervisors and the Mayor. Photo: Adam Aufdencamp
Highlights & Accomplishments
more people bi king Bicycle ridership
increased an impressive 12% in the last year,
according to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SF MTA), which conducted bicycle
counts at 30 intersections during August 2006
and August 2007. The biggest jumps were at locations where the SFBC led campaigns to win bike
lanes, such as Alemany Blvd. at Geneva Ave., which
saw a 211% increase, and San Jose Ave. at Randall
St., which saw a 300% increase. And on Bike
to Work Day, bicyclists outnumbered cars on
eastbound Market Street at Van Ness Avenue.
These increases are significant, especially
considering the Bike Plan injunction prevented any
new bike space from being added.
political commitment S to bi king
For the first time, the City’s transportation
department, the SF MTA, assigned its own funds
toward Bike Program staff, rather than depending
on grant funds. This important change, which the
SFBC has been advocating for years, creates more
stability and predictability in bike project funding.
At the SFBC’s press conference on Bike to
Work Day in May 2007, Mayor Gavin Newsom
announced his Bike SF 2010 Milestones, a first-ever
set of ambitious and comprehensive goals to
make San Francisco a truly exceptional bicycling
city, including a goal that 10% of all trips in San
Francisco will be made by bicycles by 2010.
creating more car- free space A major
accomplishment of 2007 was the passing of Healthy
Saturdays — car-free space in Golden Gate Park
between April and September. The SFBC spent
years leading a diverse coalition of community,
environmental, park, and neighborhood groups to
win Healthy Saturdays. A city-commissioned
study found that creating this car-free space on JFK
Drive encouraged 40% more non-vehicular trips
to the park, with 40% saying it made them more
likely to visit the park, only 10% saying it made
them less likely, and the rest said it had no impact.
This success story will help us as we work to set
aside more car-free space in San Francisco, creating
areas for people of all ages to ride a bicycle and
experience safe and calm streets.
g etting the ne x t g eneration on
bi kes In September, more than 100 children and
their families pedaled out to celebrate the first
SFBC Family Day on a Healthy Saturday in Golden
Gate Park and enjoyed a day of our Freedom
From Training Wheels, a bicycle Road-eo to
teaching rules of the road, and a bicycle parade.
Thanks to a grant from the SF MTA and the
CA Office of Traffic Safety, we partnered with
the Presidio YMCA, to expand their bike education
program to five middle schools in 2007 and nine
middle schools in 2008. The grant will fund development of a youth curriculum containing bicycle
safety, rules of the road, and bike maintenance
lessons. It also helps fund bike-safety events and
a bike helmet bank for low-income families.
In our effort to increase the future health and
mobility of SF’s children, the SFBC collaborated
with four city agencies to win an important
$500,000 grant from the CA Dept. of Transportation (Caltrans) to create a Safe Routes to School
program, which will promote walking and biking
to schools through education, safer streets, and
incentives that promote healthy transportation.
motorist & bicyclist E DUC ATION
The SFBC launched a campaign to educate frequent
drivers on how to better share the road with
cyclists. For the first phase, we developed an
instructional flyer to help educate cab drivers
about bicyclists’ rights and safety and worked with
the San Francisco Taxi Commission to ensure
that bicycle safety is incorporated into required
driver training. The second phase of this program
will target Muni drivers, delivery truck drivers,
and car share users.
We worked with the SF MTA to develop a
“Give Respect, Get Respect” ad campaign educating
both drivers and bicyclists about safety rules of
the road. Ads appeared on bus backs, bus shelters
and billboards throughout the city.
We also teamed up with the SF MTA for a
“Light up the Night” bike light give away. Fifty SFBC
volunteers installed over 2,000 bike lights at six
San Francisco locations including San Francisco
State University’s first-ever “Bike to School Day.”
We also continued our free Bike Education
classes, teaching hundreds of adults in San Francisco
about bicycle safety in an urban environment.
B i king at Local Colleg es The SFBC
created partnerships with local colleges to improve
the state of biking on campuses. SFBC members
and students at SF State University (SFSU) and
City College of San Francisco (CCSF) organized to
win a grant and administration support to provide
needed bike parking including a secure bike parking
cage at CCSF’s new campus on Valencia Street and
100 new racks at SFSU, where cyclists had been
relegated to locking to posts and fences.
SAN FR ANCISCO BICYCLE COALITION 20 07 ANNUAL REPORT
In 2007 staff and volunteers continued ever-effective grassroots organizing for safer, healthier, and greener
streets throughout the City.
F ix Ma son ic SFBC members
won the support of 500 neighbors for
improvements along the full stretch
of Masonic Ave. and submitted an
official city traffic calming petition
with plans for bike lanes and
pedestrian safety improvements.
Town s e n d Stre e t The
SFBC’s South of Market Committee
(SOMAC) gathered support from
businesses along Townsend Street
and Supervisor Chris Daly to encourage City planners to create bike lanes
and sidewalks west of 4th Street—
which the City drew up plans for. The
SFBC knows this rapidly developing
neighborhood needs more safe and
healthy transportation options. Next
up are 2nd and 5th Streets—key gaps
in the Citywide Bicycle Network.
17 th Stre e t The SFBC memberled 17th Street Committee got a
jump-start when the City won a
grant from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s “Safe Routes
to Transit Program” to connect the
16th Street BART station to the
Citywide Bike Network. 17th Street
bike lanes are a unique challenge
due to the drastic changes in street
width from the Castro to Mission Bay.
This committee is gaining necessary
business and neighborhood support
for this safe connection.
M arke t at Oc tavia The SFBC
lobbied hard to get a much-needed
safety improvement at Market and
Octavia, an intersection and freeway
on-ramp that has been the site of
numerous car and bike collisions
since it opened in 2005. In January,
the SFBC held a rally with more than
100 people demanding safety changes.
The day of the rally, the City installed
a temporary electronic sign posting
“No Right Turn,” as well as white,
soft-hit posts to separate car traffic
from bicycles and pedestrians. In
December, a permanent low-concrete
barrier island was installed to deter
drivers from making the notorious
illegal right turn onto Highway 101.
We continue to work for more
improvements like colored bike lanes
and photo enforcement of motorists
making illegal right-hand turns.
Fe ll at M a son ic In June, the
SFBC partnered with Walk SF on
a volunteer-run Crossing Guard
program at the dangerous crossing
at the Panhandle Pathway at Fell
and Masonic where pedestrians and
cyclists are regularly hit as drivers
speed through the wide left turn.
These crossing guards brought attention to the need for critical safety
improvements. In July, the Board
of Supervisors passed a resolution
calling for a special, dedicated traffic
signal for bicycles and pedestrians to
cross Masonic—a great SFBC victory.
Tre a s u re I s l an d The SFBC
and the San Francisco Department of
Public Health (DPH) were awarded
a $98,000 grant from Caltrans to
create a walkable, bikeable, and
accessible Treasure Island. The SFBC
and DPH are surveying the public
and talking with city leaders to make
sure the island will be redeveloped
with a bike- and ped-first approach.
The SFBC and the City share the goal
of making Treasure Island a model
community with healthy and active
neighborhoods.
E X PE N S E
INCOME
Establishing abundant bike parking, including secure options in
key locations
Increasing safety for bicyclists on
San Francisco’s streets by educating motorists and bicyclists
Increasing public and political
support for bicycling
PROG R AM E X PE N S E
Printing and Publications 7%
76% Program
Program Support 13%
Events and Benefits 10%
Operations 5%
Business Partner Support 4%
Sales 1%
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Improving pavement quality on
bike routes to ensure safer and
more pleasant bicycling
-SFBC member Lina Swislocki
Foundation Grants 9%
Contracts 12%
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Creating a world-class citywide
Bicycle Network that provides
greater safety, comfort, and
convenience for bicyclists
2007 Ending cash balance $337, 384
Membership Dues 34%
Program Service Fees 7%
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“Of all the organizations that do work that I
believe in, the SFBC gets the best results, and
that is something I want to be a part of. ”
2007 Beginning cash balance $233, 648
I NCOM E
Individual Contributions 23%
The SFBC’s new Strategic Plan
was developed over a period of
six months by more than 100
stakeholders and incorporated
responses from our 2006 member
survey to determine the SFBC’s
priorities for the next five years.
The ultimate goal is to increase the
number of people who ride bicycles
in San Francisco, recognizing that
more people on bikes means safer
streets for cycling and a healthier,
more sustainable San Francisco for
all. By 2012, the SFBC wants to
see 25% of San Franciscans using
bicycles as a frequent mode of
transportation. We’ve set out to
achieve this by:
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2007 Financial Summary
$742,329
$638,593
$103,736
Strategic Plan
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Soft-hit posts were installed to separate car traffic from bicycles and pedestrians at Octavia and
Market. Photo by: Kate McCarthy
Total Income Total Expenses Surplus 2008 –2012
11% Operating Rent 4%
13% Fundraising
Postage and Delivery 3%
Personnel 68%
SAN FR ANCISCO BICYCLE COALITION 20 07 ANNUAL REPORT
The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition is grateful to acknowledge the
following businesses, foundations, and individual supporters for
making our work possible.
Foun dations
& B usiness
S upport
$10,000 +
Bikes Belong Foundation*
Chintu Gudiya Foundation*
Hellman Family Foundation*
Mark Dwight Foundation*
New Belgium Brewery*
$5,000 – $9,999
Anonymous Foundation*
Buhl Foundation Inc*
Community Thrift*
Spitzer Foundation*
Timbuk2 Designs*
Walkup, Melodia, Kelly, Wecht
& Schoenberger*
$1,000 – $2,499
Cahill Contractors, Inc.*
California Endowment*
David Baker + Partner Architects*
Emerald Fund Incorporated*
Holliday Development LLC*
Law Office of Carter Zinn*
Law Office of Stephen Gorog*
Lululemon Athletica*
Luminescence Foundation*
MacDonald Architects*
Martin Building Company*
Planet Bike*
Platinum Advisors*
Reuben & Junius LLP*
Sun Microsystems*
The Related Companies of
California*
Thomas C. Hays and Mary Ann
Hays Family Foundation*
Touchstone Climbing and Fitness*
Treasure Island Community
Development LLC*
Wilson Meany Sullivan*
$500 – $999
Boston Properties*
The Brent Firm*
City Car Share*
Davidovitz & Bennett*
EDAW*
Fehr & Peers Associates*
Forest City Developers*
Furtado, Jaspovice & Simons*
GU Sports*
James E. Roberts-Obayashi
Corporation*
Machiah Foundation*
Margaret Mellon Hitchcock
Foundation*
NEC*
Nibbi Brothers General
Contracting*
Pacific Marketing Association*
Paoli & Geerhart LLP*
Pocket Development LLC*
SMWM*
Symantec*
Velo Rouge Café*
$250 – $499
Alta Planning + Design*
Amgen*
Andrea Cochran Landscape
Architecture*
Dolores Park Café & Duboce
Park Café*
Ladva, Shoker & Associates
Law Offices of Bornstein
& Bornstein
Moody’s Financial Investments*
I n divi dual
S upporters
$10,000 +
Eric Halpern and Gina Bartlett*
John and Leslie Woodward*
$5,000 – $9,999
Anonymous Donor*
Jean Fraser and Geoffrey
Gordon-Creed*
Olof Hansen and John Calaway*
Ann Lyons and Jacques
Rutschmann*
$2,500 – $4,999
David Baker*
Daniel Silverman*
$1,000 – $2,499
Elizabeth Adam*
Matt Braithwaite*
Sarah Brown
Matt Chanoff
Steve Chapman*
Martha Ehrenfeld
Miles Epstein and Susan George
Chris Fenster*
James and Lesli Frederick*
Lucy Gigli and Dan Wood*
Remy Hathaway*
Jonn Herschend and Max
Schroder*
Vincent Hoenigman*
Patrick Larvie*
John Lister*
Kathleen McNamara and
Nathan Brennan*
Thomas Newmeyer*
Darren Platt*
Renée Rivera*
Tim Shea and Duncan Fuller*
Don Shipman*
David Soward*
Ted Strawser*
Ted Tilles and Naomi Mahoney*
Jeffrey Tumlin and Huib Petersen
Leslie Veen*
Jonathan Weiner*
$500 – $999
Lalit Balchandani*
Joseph Baribeau*
Andy and Rebecca Bindman*
Cynsa Bonorris*
Daniel and Jonathan Bornstein*
Nancy Botkin and Mike Smith*
Clark Buckner and Jennifer Perfilio*
Maralee Burgard*
Maureen Burke
Robert and Andrea Carr
Lynne Carstarphen*
Eugene Saul Cash and
Pamela Weiss*
Matt Chapman
Richard Cox*
Casey Culbertson*
Dale Danley and Michael Helquist*
Jessica De Jesus*
Erika Delacorte
David DesRoches
Rafael Escandon
Lisa Foster*
Jenn Fox and Josh Magnum*
Justin and Helen Fraser*
Landon Fuller and Terri Kramer
Sharon Gadberry and
Redmond Kernan, III*
Riyad Ghannam*
Thomas Goddard
Shawn Grunberger
Steve Hall*
Carolyn Hanrahan and
Eric Thomas*
Bruce Johnson and Brooke Kuhn*
David Keenan*
Teke and Elizabeth Kelley*
Brian Knox
Rob Lawrence*
Elaine Lissner*
Tatjana Loh and Peter Coward*
Theresa Lopez and
Chris Delucchi*
David Malman
Pamela Mayer*
Anurang Revri
James Robinson and Noemi
Margaret
John Rogers
Mark Rozzano
James Rozzelle and Ann Shepherd
Mark Scheuer*
Robert Schuchardt*
Jackie Schwartz*
Jim and Leslie Skanberg*
Eric Sloan and Elise Proulx*
John Spallone*
Tracy Stampfli*
Zack Stender*
David J. Strong
Ken Vollmer*
Jeffery Vroom and Tara Caffrey
Sean Worsey
$250 – $499
Andrew Adams and
Margaret Burch
T.R. and Karrie Amsler
Cyndi Bakir and Andrew
Dombrowski
Mike Barnes and Rob Sampura*
Erik Bartels and Abby Ward
Peter Baum
Nicholas Bonnell*
Scott Bowers
Peter Brastow
Rob Bregoff and David Kerr
Dale Butler and Tina Panziera*
Jonathan Cohen
Lisa Day and Anne Pagliarulo
Maureen DeBoer and Craig Peters
Krikor Didonian and Marshall
Hilton*
Eliote Durham
Tod Dykstra
Amy and John Firman
Lauren Fondahl
Patrick Ford*
Matthew Fust*
Ashley Gamble and Ben Blakley
Gillian Gillette and Jeff Goldberg*
Jonathan Gray and Randi Myrseth*
Grizzly Peak Cyclists
Douglas Hamilton
Carlina Hansen
Kathleen Haviland
Chris Heisterkamp
Mark Hotsenpiller and Patrick
Delaney
Alyson Jacks
Daniel Keller and Michelle Phillips
Gregg Kleiner and Cathlin Milligan
Cathy Kora*
George Lane and Leslie Ann Cruz*
Warren Leiden and Tiana
Wimmer*
Martin Leugers and Tricia Wright
Laura Loescher and Austin
Willacy*
Bill Lofton
Janet Lohman
Carol Marshall*
Mike Martin and Gabe Morford
Greg Moreno
Patrick and Megan Myall*
Edward Nicolson*
Bruce Osterweil and Patricia
Furlong
David Powers and Allison Light
Robert Pringle and Laurie Mont
Doug Rappaport
Maureen Rodgers
Lucy Saldana and John Mitre
Sam Sapoznick
Elliot Schwartz and Rebecca
Blondin
Steven Shapiro and Gail Ann
Williams*
Kurt Shuck
Andrew Smith
David Strother and Monica
Vivanco
Jeremy Sugerman*
Michael Treece and Tami Mac-Askill
Damon Uyeda and Nathalie
Roland
Thomas Vogl
Kate White and Maureen Futtner*
Don Willenburg and Carol
Bettencourt
Joel Winter and Laela Peterson
Stolen*
Jenny Worley
I n - kin d
B usiness
S upport
A. Macial Printing
American Cyclery
Aquarius Records
Arizmendi Bakery
Avenue Cyclery
The Beach Chalet
Bear Valley Inn
Bernal Yoga
Bevology
Big Swingin’ Cycles
Bike Nook
Bi-Rite Market
Box Dog Bikes
Breezer Bikes
Cannondale
Chrome Bags
Citizen Chain
The City Beer Store
City Car Share
City Cycle of San Francisco
Cornfield Electronics
The Crucible
Dahon
David Baker + Partners Architects
DD Cycles
De La Paz Coffee
Dolores Park Café & Duboce
Park Café
Eat Well Farms
EHS Pilates
Embarcadero YMCA
Farley’s Coffee
Firefly Restaurant
First Crush Restaurant
FLAX Art and Design
Fluidance
Fossil Fool
Freewheel Bike Shop
The Fruit Guys
Garden Gourmet
Get Lost Travel Books
Giant Bicycles
Indigo Restaurant
Inertia Design
Jandd Mountaineering
Jeanine Payer Inc
Kind Bicycle
Kryptonite
Little Star Pizza
Lolo Restaurant
Lombardi Sports
Mike’s Bikes
Millennium Restaurant
Mojo Bicycle Café
My Own Bag
New Belgium Brewery
Noe Valley Cyclery
Ocean Cyclery
Olema Inn & Restaurant
Oola Restaurant
Opus salon
Ortlieb
Pam Peirce
Paxti’s Chicago Pizza
Peet’s Coffee & Tea
Planet Bike
Plant It Earth
Present Moment Feng Shui
Raleigh America
Rickshaw Bagworks
Rickshaw Stop
Ritual Coffee Roasters
Roaring Mouse Cycles
Safeway
San Francisco Bay Guardian
San Francisco Brewcraft
San Francisco Cyclery
San Francisco Opera
San Francisco Symphony
Sheila Moon Athletic Apparel
Sierra at Tahoe
Skuut LLC
Slims & Great American
Music Hall
Smith Sport Optics
Spa Vitale
Specialized Bicycle Components
The Slanted Door
The Stitch Lounge
Streetline Networks
Suppenkuche
Sushi Groove South
SyCip Designs
Timbuk2 Designs
Todson Inc.
Triptych Restaurant
Upwall Architects
Valencia Cyclery
Velo Girls
Velo Rouge Cafe
Veritable Vegetable
Voler
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Yoga Loft
Yoga Tree
The 10,000 member strong
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition
works to transform San Francisco’s
streets and neighborhoods into
safer and more livable places
by promoting the bicycle for
everyday transportation.
S F BC Staff
Tessa Buckley
Membership & Development
Assistant
Marc Caswell
Projects Manager
Frank Chan
Operations Director
Teri Gardiner
Communications Director
Kate McCarthy
Membership & Volunteer Director
Jodie Medeiros
Development Director
Neal Patel
Community Planner
Leah Shahum
Executive Director
Andy Thornley
Program Director
Board of
Directors
David Baker
Benjamin Caldwell
Brooke DuBose
Jenn Fox (President)
Jean Fraser
Justin A. Fraser (Treasurer)
David Gartner
Amandeep Jawa
Ann Lyons
Holly Minch
Dan Nguyen-Tan
Lainie Motamedi
Eric Sloan (Secretary)
Zack Stender
Susan Sun
San Francisco
Bicycle Coalition
995 Market Street
Suite 1550
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: 415-431-BIKE
Fax: 415-431-2468
Email: info@sfbike.org
www.sfbike.org
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donation was contributed to the
SFBC Education Fund.
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