What good is an east span bike path without a west? Good question because I sure can’t come up with a sensible answer. A west span path would be the logical conclusion to the nearly completed east span and to the age old San Francisco bike commute quandary that AC Transit buses and even the Caltrans shuttle do not fully solve.

On March 23rd, Senate Bill 1061, which if set into law would allow toll collections to be used for the pathway, will be heard by the Committee on Transportation and Housing. The East Bay Bicycle Coalition is urging letters of support to be sent (snail mail, really?). My fingers are crossed on this one

Heading down Milvia, one of Berkeley’s bike boulevards

Back in October of last year, Google made the big announcement they’d be adding a feature to their Google Maps application for bike navigation (to add to their list of other alternative means of transportation like walking and transit). What I love about Google is they consistently back up their talk and today, they’ve come through and made available a GIANT database of bike route data and the new ability to punch in addresses into Google Maps and have it route you the best way on a bike!!

Been playing with it and it has some great data for Berkeley, San Francisco and Oakland and by the looks of things, has great data elsewhere too. This is big, really big. Go check it out

Google’s official blog – Biking directions added to Google Maps

…well at least it might some day. The video is mostly in Swedish but there’s some English in there too. Looks like crazy fun and maybe even a useful idea in the right place.

Spotted on Walk Oakland Bike Oakland

Clever idea and easy to make yourself too

Found via Stilsucht & avail. in Germany at DaWanda (and no I don’t know what either of those names mean)

Update: These are not Presta valves as I originally mistok them for but rather Dunlop/Woods valve which are apparently much more common in Germany than they are in North America

P.S I apologize to our East Coast snow bound readers

I was pretty excited when mine got to be fist sized, this is impressive (and yes I am impressed by such things)

Don’t be deceived though, this is purely conceptual (ie fantasy). The LA Bike Working Group is trying to draw attention to LA’s severe lack of a cohesive bike network

This network would rival the kind of connectivity that has only been available to drivers on the extensive freeway system. Keep on dreamin’

Click to see the complete set of maps

Found via Inhabitat