
Bay Area commuters moving beyond cars
by Michael Cabanatuan (Photo by Paul Chinn)
"...In San Francisco, a traffic count by the Municipal Transportation Authority in July found that during a one-hour stretch of the morning commute, there were more bicycles than cars, taxis, buses and streetcars heading eastbound on Market Street. According to Judson True, an authority spokesman, 509 bike riders were tallied compared with 400 cars, 43 taxis and 30 transit vehicles. On Bike to Work Day in May, he said, officials counted twice as many bikes as motorized vehicles..."
‹Photo/Excerpt by San Francisco Chronicle/sfgate.com›
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