Bay Area bicycle news

Traffic demand management is a big deal at major events in San Francisco, where parking is at a premium. When locals go watch the San Francisco Giants play at AT&T Park, many of them take Caltrain and SF Muni right to the stadium. Bike Valet Parking provided by the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition is also heavily used. See the Streetsblog video of how it works.

Forbes Magazine reports on the how unhealthy our long commutes are. "It's a lifestyle choice," says David Rizzo, author of Survive the Drive! How to Beat Freeway Traffic in Southern California. "We put our health second. To have a big house, we're willing to put up with smog and a big drive. We sacrifice our longevity for short-term gains."

Warm Planet Bicycles has opened a new bike parking service at the 4th & King Caltrain station in San Francisco. The 1600 square foot facility is provided free to use and has room for up to 100 bicycles. See photos of the new facility in Jym Dyer's Flickr pool.

Longtime bicycling advocacy Alex Zuckermann died in his Berkeley home on Sunday. He was 86 years old. He founded the East Bay Bicycle Coalition 35 years ago to make the Bay Area more bicycle friendly and continued his advocacy until his death. For insights into his life and spirit, see these old letters from the San Francisco Chronicle:

• Bay Bridge bicycle path
  
• Bridge bike path benefit.
  
• A little fib.

Caltrain has begun a series of bicycle workshops as a part of the Bicycle Master Plan process. Each bicycle workshop is a one-hour tour at a Caltrain station with staff to discuss bicycle parking, bicycle access to and within the station area, and way-finding. To register, contact Celia Chung at (650) 508-6388 or chungc (at) samtrans.com. The schedule for remaining workshops are.

Station          Date / Time       Register By
San Jose Diridon Tues 8/14 6 PM    8/9 Thu
Redwood City     Wed  8/22 6 PM    8/17 Fri
Palo Alto        Wed  8/29 6 PM    8/24 Fri
San Francisco    Thur 9/6  6 PM    8/31 Fri
Hillsdale        Tues 9/18 5:30 PM 9/13 Thu
Mountain View    Thur 9/20 5:30 PM 9/17 Mon
San Mateo        Tues 9/25 5:30 PM 9/20 Thu
Sunnyvale        Thur 9/27 5:30 PM 9/24 Mon