tHe san francisco bicycle coalition is grateful to acknowledge tHe following businesses, foundations, and individual supporters for making our work possible.

san francisco bicycle coalition

97%of SFBC members plan to renew their memberships

next year.

20%of SFBC members have

been members for over 5 years.

23% of SFBC members say

they volunteered in 2008.

87%of SFBC members are impressed

with the SFBC’s work to address the awareness of bicyclists’ issues to decision-makers and politicians.

78%of SFBC members

bike to work.

95%of SFBC members are satisfied with the representation they get

as bicyclists.

2008annualrEPOrT

foundation and business support$10,000+Mark Dwight Foundation*Halpern Family Fund*Hellman Family Foundation*Hewlett Foundation*New Belgium Brewery*REI*San Francisco Foundation*

$5,000 – $9,999Dolan Law Firm*Community Thrift*Kaiser Permanente*Walkup, Melodia, Kelly, Wecht

& Schoenberger*

$2,500 – $4,999AMB Property Corporation*Buhl Foundation Inc*Fund for the Environment*Google*James Irvine Foundation*Law Office of Carter Zinn*MerrellPacific Waterfront Partners*PG&E*Timbuk2 Designs*Treasure Island Community

LLC*The William Hancock Family

Fund*

$1,000 – $2,499Alta Planning + DesignBike & Roll*Cahill Contractors, Inc.Charles Schwab Foundation*CREDO Mobile*Chrome BagsDavid Baker + Partner

Architects*Foundation for Ecology and

Culture*Luminescence Foundation*Thomas C. Hays & Mary Ann

Hays Family Foundation*Martin Building Company*Microsoft*Parker Carson Foundation*Planet Bike*Platinum Advisors*Reuben & Junius, LLP*Streetlines Network*Wilson Meany Sullivan *

$500 – $999Amgen*Bikeparking.com*Brandi Law FirmThe Brent Firm*California Endowment*City Car ShareCity Park*CMG Landscape Architecture*Davidovitz & Bennett*Donald MacDonald Architects*Emerald Fund, IncFehr & Peers Associates*Forest City Development*HEW Charitable Foundation*James E. Roberts-Obayashi

Corportation*KLA Tenor*KSWM Treasure Island LLC*McGuire Real EstateNibbi Brothers General

ContractingPacific Foundation Services*Paoli & Geerhart LLP*Pocket Development LLC*Prager, Sealy & Co. LLC*

The Related Companies of California*

Rodale*Stockbridge LLC*Symantec*Washington Mutual*Wilbur Smith Associates*

$250 – $499Bank of Marin*BergDavis Public Affairs*Blue Shield of California*Clorox Company*EDAW*Folger, Levin & KahnJensen Architects*Van Meter Williams Pollack LLP*Words Pictures Ideas*

individual supporters$10,000+Jonathan Weiner*John & Leslie Woodward*

$5,000 – $9,999Anonymous*John Calaway & Olof Hansen*Jenn Fox & Josh Magnum*Jean Fraser & Geoffrey Gordon-

Creed*Tom Lockard & Alix Marduel*Ann Lyons & Jacques

Rutschmann*

$2,500 – $4,999David Baker*Claire & Tom Bettag*Richard Cox*Miles Epstein & Susan George*Rob Forbes*Remy Hathaway*

$1,000 – $2,499Joseph Baribeau*Becky Bond*Cynsa Bonorris*Matt Braithwaite*Cheryl Brinkman & Rich Coffin*Clark Buckner & Jennifer

Perfilio*Robert & Andrea Carr*Steve Chapman*Joshua & Susan Citrak*Casey Culbertson*David DesRoches*Christon DewanMartha EhrenfeldRafael Escandon*Shawn GrunbergerJonn Herschend & Max

Schroder*Vincent Hoenigman*Patrick Larvie*Kathleen McNamara & Nathan

Brennan*Thomas Newmeyer*Renée Rivera*John Rogers*Tim Shea & Duncan Fuller*Kurt ShuckGreg & Heidi Simon*Eric Sloan & Elise Proulx*David Soward*John Spallone*Ted Strawser*Jeffrey Tumlin & Huib Petersen

$500 – $999Anonymous*Lalit Balchandani*Jack Bertges*Andy & Rebecca Bindman*

Nancy Botkin & Mike Smith*Ben Caldwell*Lynne Carstarphen*Eugene Saul Cash & Pamela

Weiss*Roy Crisman & Courtney King*Matthew Davis*Lisa Day & Anne Pagliarulo*Jessica De Jesus*Erika Delacorte*Krikor Didonian & Marshall

Hilton*Chris Fenster*Gary Fisher*Justin & Helen Fraser*David Gartner*Riyad Ghannam*Steve Hall*Mark Hotsenpiller & Patrick

Delaney*Amandeep Jawa*Shirley Johnson*Bruce Johnson & Brooke Kuhn*Patrick Kenny*George Lane & Leslie Ann

Cruz*Tim Leonoudakis*Theresa Lopez & Chris DelucchiGal Mariansky*John P. McGlynn*Dan Nguyen-Tan*Michael Poremba & Ania

Moniuszko*Matthew Roth*Mark Scheuer*Jackie Schwartz & Peter

Czerpak*Jeff Sears*Don Shipman*Tracy Stampfli*Zack Stender & Sky

Baumbach*Jeremy Sugerman*Jeffery Vroom & Tara CaffreyCourtney Weaver & Simon

Frankel*Erika Winton & Jeremy Nelson

$250 – 499Andrew Adams & Margaret

BurchCyndi Bakir & Andrew

DombrowskiJonathan BallardKenneth BergerKate Bickert & Joseph DrennanJonathan Blitzer*Jared Blumenfeld & Laura

RodormerPeter BrastowKevin CameronJose CaratiniJames CarilloAndrew Casteel & Alexandra

BaugherManish Champsee*Matt ChapmanMark Christiansen*Kit Colbert & Ginny ZeppaChris CompariniDarius ContractorChris & Heather CoppersmithHarold CranstonBenjamin Damm*Dale Danley & Michael

Helquist*Kent David & Alice Linder*Darren David & Bonnie DoyleMaureen DeBoer & Craig PetersDavid Dick & Shannon CairnsJake Donham & Kit HodgeIlana Drummond & Sharon

DulbergBrooke DuBose*Laurel Elkjer & Peter SchmitzJose EspinosaAmy & John FirmanLauren FondahlJim ForbesLisa Foster & John Pemberton*Justin FrankelScott Franklin & Lori LebruskaStephanie & Joe FunkMatthew Fust*Sharon Gadberry & Redmond

Kernan III*Richard & Andrea Goldman*Frank GomezRon Goodman*Jonathan Gray & Randi

Myrseth*Grizzly Peak CyclistsMark Gunther*Douglas HamiltonCarlina HansenValerie HartwellEric HeatonChris HeisterkampRichard Hood*Robert IppolitoSami Iwata & Lance Anderson*Dan Kaljian*

Daniel Keller & Michelle Phillips

Judy KellyGregg Kleiner & Cathlin

MilliganForrest Koenig & Ann

Gagliardi*Cathy Kora*Robert LawrenceWarren Leiden & Tiana

Wimmer*Martin Leugers & Tricia WrightDerf Lewis*Laura Loescher*Tatjana Loh & Peter Coward*Richard Lynch & Frank Steil*Alexander Magee & Kelleigh

TrowbridgeCarol Marshall*Adair McClatchy*Meg MealFrank Merritt*Matthew Mlinac*Maria Morgan-Butcher*Dan Nelson & Lori HarrisonEdward Nicolson*Amy O’Hair*Bruce Osterweil & Patricia

FurlongJune Park*Doug RappaportJames Rozzelle & Ann

ShepherdMike SamuelCheer Santy & Trevor PeaceOriana Saral & Steve Tiell*Spiro SarrisRobert Schuchardt*Greg Schuler & Frances James*David SharpLenore ShefmanRich Simpson & Maureen

Kelly*Peter Stamats & Karen Allen*Joseph & Rebecca Steinberger*David Strother & Monica

VivancoSusan Sutherland & David

MustelierDavid & Yakira TeitelCorinne TemplemanTrevor Tubelle & Jessica

BuchsbaumChristopher WhiteKitty Whitman & Louis JaffeBonnie Williamson*Corinna Witt*

in-kind business supportA. Macial PrintingAcupetAdrian Baume/ELEMENT

Acupuncture Health CenterAesthetic AppetiteAlonzo King LINES BalletAmerican CycleryAnother Planet EntertainmentArizmendi BakeryAsqew GrillAtlas CaféThe Balboa TheaterBar BambinoBay City Bike Rentals and ToursBear Valley InnBernal YogaBevologyBi-Rite MarketBig Swingin’ CyclesBike and RollBike FridayBlack Rock Arts FoundationBlue Bottle CoffeeBlue PlateBOB TrailerBoccaloneBox Dog BikesCalifornia Academy of SciencesCannondaleChico Velo Cycling ClubChrome BagsCitizen ChainCity Beer StoreCity CarShareCity Cycle of San FranciscoCoffee BarContemporary Jewish MuseumCornfield ElectronicsDahonDavid Baker + Partners

ArchitectsDavid Gartner PhotographyDelfinaDolores Park Café & Duboce

Park CaféEdurance Performance Training

CentersFair Trade CoalitionFarley’s CoffeeFirst Crush RestaurantFish and FarmFour Barrel Coffee

Fox Racing ShoxFreight & SalvageFront PorchThe Fruit GuysGarden GourmetGet Lost Travel BooksGetaway AdventuresGinny Evans : Personal Chef/

CatererGolden State HealthGood VibrationsGreen ZebraGU EnergyHal Looby’s PiesHerbivoreHotel BironThe IndpendentIndigo RestaurantInertia DesignJeanine Payer IncJoni Eisen Cake PortraitsJoyRider ClothingKeven BricknellThe KnockoutKnogKryptoniteLe ColonialLolo RestaurantLittle Star PizzaLuna ParkMake-Out RoomMark Nielsen, CMTMatadorMedium RealityMike’s BikesMikel DavenportMini Bar SFMission Beach CaféMission CliffsMomentum MagazineMuseum of African DisporaMy AlibiMy Own BagNapa Valley ToursNew Belgium BreweryNite RiderNoah’s BagelsNoe Valley CycleryNOPAPacific CatchPaxti’s Chicago PizzaPearl IzumiPedal RevolutionPeet’s Coffee & TeaPhotoworksPiccinoPlanet BikePoleng LoungeRainbow GroceryRange RestaurantRickshaw BagworksRickshaw StopRitual Coffee RoastersRoaring Mouse CyclesRushburn Toffee CompanySafewaySan Francisco BalletSan Francisco Bay GuardianSan Francisco Brew CraftSan Francisco CyclerySan Francisco Museum of

Modern ArtSan Francisco OperaSan Francisco SymphonySchwinn/Pacific BicycleSerpetineSheila MoonShopping, the MusicalSkuut LLCSlims & Great American Music

HallSlowclubSmith Sport OpticsSOMA FabricationsSpecialized Bicycle

ComponentsSports BasementSpot Brand BicyclesStrategic Communications

CoachingStudio 755SuppenkucheTablehopperThirsty BearThuleTimbuk2 DesignsTopeakTrekValencia CycleryVelo GirlsVelo Rouge CaféVeritable VegetableWeird FishWilbur HotspringsWild Heart CyclingXtracycleYoga TreeZero Per GallonZoic Clothing

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.

sfbc staffTessa BuckleyMembership & Development Assistant

Marc CaswellProjects Manager

Frank ChanOperations Director

Teri GardinerCommunications Director

Kit HodgeSan Francisco Great Streets Project Director

Kate McCarthyMembership & Volunteer Director

Jodie MedeirosDevelopment Director

Neal PatelCommunity Planner

Leah ShahumExecutive Director

Andy ThornleyProgram Director

board of directorsDavid BakerBenjamin CaldwellBrooke DuBoseJenn Fox (President)Jean FraserJustin A. Fraser (Treasurer)David GartnerAmandeep JawaAnn LyonsHolly MinchDan Nguyen-TanLainie MotamediEric Sloan (Secretary)Zack StenderSusan Sun

san francisco bicycle coalition995 Market Street Suite 1550 San Francisco, CA 94103

pHone: 415-431-BIKE fax: 415-431-2468 email: info@sfbike.org

www.sfbike.org

*All or a portion of the donation was contributed to the SFBC Education Fund.

If we inadvertently missed listing your donation please let us know.

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60

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Combined SFBC and SFBC Education Fund*

* Donations made to the SFBC Education Fund, our 501c3, are used to support education and safety work.

HigHligHts and accomplisHmentsSunday StreetS The SFBC initiated the idea for this car-free community event and was thrilled when it won support from the Office of Mayor Newsom, and leadership from a broad coalition of public and private groups including the Shape Up SF Coalition, YMCA and Livable City. It is clear that promoting healthy activity through more active, healthy car-free streets is a worthy shared goal for many in San Francisco.

The SFBC played an important role in the planning and implementation of the successful premier of Sunday Streets in August and September, including organizing more than 200 volunteers. The city opened more than 4.5 miles of streets to create a car- free recreational space stretching from Chinatown to Bayview/Hunters Point. On each Sunday Streets, more than 10,000 people came out to enjoy the safe streets and a wealth of healthy, free activities along the route, including biking, yoga and dancing. This event was successful in opening minds to how streets can easily be transformed into recreational and social spaces and

10,000 members: a strong voice for better bicyclingJuly rally at City Hall to get tHe Bike Plan BaCk on traCk With a two-year injunction on bicycle improvements and a frustrating delay of the City’s mandatory completion of the EIR, the SFBC, along with leaders from business, health, environmental and neighborhood-based communities, decided it was time to take action. In July, we organized a well-attended rally on the steps of City Hall to draw attention to these delays and urge the city to get the Bike Plan back on schedule. The event brought much- needed pressure on city leaders and helped compel the completion of the Draft EIR by November. The Final EIR, the lifting of the bike injunction and the implementation of the Bike Plan are estimated by the City to be completed in summer/fall 2009.

BiCyCle Friendly Board The SFBC succeeded in turning out the Bike Vote in the hotly contested November 2008 election. In part thanks to our members’ efforts, San Francisco now has its most bicycle-friendly Board of Supervisors, which will prove valuable in moving the city forward toward our goals of becoming a safer, saner city for bicycling.

SmootHing StreetS By rePorting 1,000 PotHoleS The SFBC launched its Good Roads Campaign in April 2008 with ‘Crater Invader Day’ when 50 SFBC volunteers dispersed across the city to report dangerous potholes and cracks to 311. This high-energy success led to monthly pothole rides, and in December the 1,000th pothole was marked and reported at Market Street between 5th and 6th Streets, a particularly dangerous spot along the busiest bike route in the city. The Good Roads Campaign has set out to improve how San Francisco maintains its bikeways.

More than 100 SFBC members, environmental leaders and community groups encouraged the City’s political leadership to publicly commit to keeping completion of the EIR on the Bike Plan on track. Photo by: Rhonda Winter

Top: San Francisco’s first bicycle traffic signal at the intersection of Fell and Masonic Streets. Photo by: Andy ThornleyBottom: Tens of thousands of people came out to enjoy Sunday Streets events in August and September when more than four miles of the Embarcadero from Chinatown to the Bayview was opened up to healthy activities like bicycling. Photo by: Kate McCarthy

spreading tHe word about safer, HealtHier and more livable streetsmaking a great City tHrougH great StreetS The SFBC was proud to host three inspiring speakers who each shared their experiences of designing great cities, in large part, by making cities great for bicycling. The speakers included Jan Gehl, Danish architect and urban design consultant; Janet Sadik-Kahn, NYC Transportation Commissioner; and Gil Peñalosa, former Director of the Rec & Parks Department of Bogota, Columbia who championed the successful 70k Ciclovía, the model for San Francisco’s Sunday Streets events. We organized lunchtime forums and invited various city decision-makers to hear these speakers and to inspire conversations about envisioning how San Francisco streets could be transformed into more pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly environments.

imProving tHe market/oCtavia interSeCtion The SFBC co-sponsored Assembly Bill 23 which would allow for camera enforcement of illegal right turns from Market Street onto the Highway 101 on-ramp at Octavia Blvd., where a number of car-bike collisions occur when drivers break the no right turn law. While the bill has not yet passed, the SFBC plans to continue to work with state lawmakers to reintroduce similar legislation to make this intersection safer for cyclists and pedestrians.

eduCating driverS To make city streets safer, the SFBC produced flyers to help educate frequent drivers about how to drive safely around cyclists. We

MeMbership Dues 31%

inDiviDual Contributions 25%

events anD benefits 15%

ContraCts 14%

prograM serviCe fees 5%

founDation grants 4%

business partner support 3%

sales 1%

other 1%

distributed educational information to taxi drivers and informed truck drivers about how to be aware of cyclists who may be in their blind spots. The SFBC also worked with cab driving schools to add bicycle safety into the learning curriculum and teamed up with bicyclists who are also cab drivers to compose a welcome letter for new cab drivers.

releaSe oF 2nd BiCyCling rePort Card The SFBC published our second Bicycling Report Card — composed of San Francisco bike facts and figures based on a citywide bicyclist survey. Even though San Francisco received the same grade of a B-, the spirit of bicycling has not been hampered. As the 2008 Report Card shows, more people than ever before are getting around the city by bike!

SFBC WINS

43%increase of people riding bikes since 2006

1,000potholes reported to 311 by volunteers

through our good roads Campaign

4.5 milesof roads were opened for healthy

activities along the embarcadero for two car-free sunday streets

$7,500for bike racks at san francisco public

schools was secured by the sfbC from a private foundation

10,000sfbC members advocating for safer

streets and better bicycling

$10,000,000for safe routes for biking and walking to

transit in the bay area

$1,000,000,000committed to the regional bike network

2008 Financial Summary

total inCoMe $1,051,167

total expenses $879,405

surplus $171,762

beginning Cash balanCe $337,384

enDing Cash balanCe $509,146

prograM 75%

funDraising 16%

operating 9%

EXPENSE

prograM expense

INComE

can be used for more than just the transport of cars.

Fix maSoniC Coalition WinS With support from the SFBC, the Fix Masonic Coalition won two vital improvements on busy Masonic Avenue, improving safety for bicyclists, pedestrians and motorists. In July, thanks to our efforts, a reduced speed limit of 25mph — a more appropriate speed for residential streets — was implemented. In September, after two years of community-based advocacy, San Francisco’s first-ever bicycle traffic signal was installed at the dangerous intersection of Fell and Masonic Ave. — a change of such necessity the Judge temporarily lifted the Bike Plan injunction for its implementation. This signal improves safety for both cyclists and pedestrians by creating two distinct phases — a “stop & go” traffic signal for people biking and walking and a left-turn arrow for motorists – so that these users are not in the intersection at the same time.

tWiCe aS many BikeS aS CarS on market Street For the first time, on record, there were twice as many bikes as cars pedaling downtown on Market St. at Van Ness Ave. on the morning of Bike to Work Day. Bicyclists made up 63% of traffic, while motorists

comprised only 32%. Bike to Work Day is a popular, annual event organized by the SFBC that encourages hundreds of thousands of people to use their bicycles for transportation. Ridership on Bike to Work Day has increased 400% since 2005. The SFBC welcomed 773 new members on this record-setting day!

neW Bike Parking Station oPenS at Caltrain 4tH & king After six years of SFBC advocacy, the first free-standing, attended, bicycle parking facility in San Francisco was opened at the 4th and King Caltrain depot in January. Operated by Warm Planet Bikes, the 1,600 square-foot bike parking station can securely park 130 bicycles for those who do not need to bike at the other end of their commute. The SFBC continues our work to secure more frequent and reliable bike space on Caltrain cars for the impressive 8% of Caltrain’s ridership that are bike commuters.

Bike imProvementS For loCal CollegeS San Francisco State University (SFSU) won a $363,000 grant from the Bay Area Air Quality

Management District to build a section of multi-use path into that campus from Buckingham Way. The SFBC and SFSU Bicycle Working Group worked hard to advance this grant which will be used to create an important connection to the Citywide Bike Network.

HelPing more FamilieS Bike Freedom From Training Wheels, a Bike Scavenger Hunt and bicycle road-eo were just some of the many activities that brought hundreds of youth and their families to our 2nd Annual Family Day on a sunny, car-free Healthy Saturday in Golden Gate Park.

This event is a great opportunity for the SFBC to bring together biking families. The SFBC hosts monthly Freedom From Training Wheels sessions in car-free Golden Gate Park to provide one-on-one instruction to help our youngest riders learn how to ride on two wheels.

The SFBC also partnered with the Presidio YMCA Bike Program to write and produce a Youth Curriculum for the YMCA’s in-school bike education program. The curriculum contains bicycle safety, rules of the road and bike maintenance lessons.

2008 was anotHer big year for better bicycling in san francisco. bike ridersHip increased a wHopping 43% in tHe past two years, according to official city counts.More people bicycling translates into greater demand for a better city with more bike lanes, bike parking and bike accessible transit — all priorities that the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition continued to work toward in 2008.

The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC) reached a record 10,000 members this year, creating an even more powerful voice for better bicycling and a more livable city. Today, the SFBC is the largest local advocacy group working to make San Francisco streets safer and more inviting to help more people bike more often.

The ongoing obstacle of 2008 was the 2-year old Bike Plan injunction which has prevented the City of San Francisco from striping any new bike lanes, painting sharrows, installing bike parking racks, or even adding bike related signage until a full environmental review of the Bike Plan is completed. Despite the injunction, the SFBC made major strides in our work to create a more livable San Francisco.

personnel 76%

prograM support 10%

printing & publiCations 5%

operations 4%

rent 3%

postage & Delivery 3%

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

Combined SFBC and SFBC Education Fund*

* Donations made to the SFBC Education Fund, our 501c3, are used to support education and safety work.

HigHligHts and accomplisHmentsSunday StreetS The SFBC initiated the idea for this car-free community event and was thrilled when it won support from the Office of Mayor Newsom, and leadership from a broad coalition of public and private groups including the Shape Up SF Coalition, YMCA and Livable City. It is clear that promoting healthy activity through more active, healthy car-free streets is a worthy shared goal for many in San Francisco.

The SFBC played an important role in the planning and implementation of the successful premier of Sunday Streets in August and September, including organizing more than 200 volunteers. The city opened more than 4.5 miles of streets to create a car- free recreational space stretching from Chinatown to Bayview/Hunters Point. On each Sunday Streets, more than 10,000 people came out to enjoy the safe streets and a wealth of healthy, free activities along the route, including biking, yoga and dancing. This event was successful in opening minds to how streets can easily be transformed into recreational and social spaces and

10,000 members: a strong voice for better bicyclingJuly rally at City Hall to get tHe Bike Plan BaCk on traCk With a two-year injunction on bicycle improvements and a frustrating delay of the City’s mandatory completion of the EIR, the SFBC, along with leaders from business, health, environmental and neighborhood-based communities, decided it was time to take action. In July, we organized a well-attended rally on the steps of City Hall to draw attention to these delays and urge the city to get the Bike Plan back on schedule. The event brought much- needed pressure on city leaders and helped compel the completion of the Draft EIR by November. The Final EIR, the lifting of the bike injunction and the implementation of the Bike Plan are estimated by the City to be completed in summer/fall 2009.

BiCyCle Friendly Board The SFBC succeeded in turning out the Bike Vote in the hotly contested November 2008 election. In part thanks to our members’ efforts, San Francisco now has its most bicycle-friendly Board of Supervisors, which will prove valuable in moving the city forward toward our goals of becoming a safer, saner city for bicycling.

SmootHing StreetS By rePorting 1,000 PotHoleS The SFBC launched its Good Roads Campaign in April 2008 with ‘Crater Invader Day’ when 50 SFBC volunteers dispersed across the city to report dangerous potholes and cracks to 311. This high-energy success led to monthly pothole rides, and in December the 1,000th pothole was marked and reported at Market Street between 5th and 6th Streets, a particularly dangerous spot along the busiest bike route in the city. The Good Roads Campaign has set out to improve how San Francisco maintains its bikeways.

More than 100 SFBC members, environmental leaders and community groups encouraged the City’s political leadership to publicly commit to keeping completion of the EIR on the Bike Plan on track. Photo by: Rhonda Winter

Top: San Francisco’s first bicycle traffic signal at the intersection of Fell and Masonic Streets. Photo by: Andy ThornleyBottom: Tens of thousands of people came out to enjoy Sunday Streets events in August and September when more than four miles of the Embarcadero from Chinatown to the Bayview was opened up to healthy activities like bicycling. Photo by: Kate McCarthy

spreading tHe word about safer, HealtHier and more livable streetsmaking a great City tHrougH great StreetS The SFBC was proud to host three inspiring speakers who each shared their experiences of designing great cities, in large part, by making cities great for bicycling. The speakers included Jan Gehl, Danish architect and urban design consultant; Janet Sadik-Kahn, NYC Transportation Commissioner; and Gil Peñalosa, former Director of the Rec & Parks Department of Bogota, Columbia who championed the successful 70k Ciclovía, the model for San Francisco’s Sunday Streets events. We organized lunchtime forums and invited various city decision-makers to hear these speakers and to inspire conversations about envisioning how San Francisco streets could be transformed into more pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly environments.

imProving tHe market/oCtavia interSeCtion The SFBC co-sponsored Assembly Bill 23 which would allow for camera enforcement of illegal right turns from Market Street onto the Highway 101 on-ramp at Octavia Blvd., where a number of car-bike collisions occur when drivers break the no right turn law. While the bill has not yet passed, the SFBC plans to continue to work with state lawmakers to reintroduce similar legislation to make this intersection safer for cyclists and pedestrians.

eduCating driverS To make city streets safer, the SFBC produced flyers to help educate frequent drivers about how to drive safely around cyclists. We

MeMbership Dues 31%

inDiviDual Contributions 25%

events anD benefits 15%

ContraCts 14%

prograM serviCe fees 5%

founDation grants 4%

business partner support 3%

sales 1%

other 1%

distributed educational information to taxi drivers and informed truck drivers about how to be aware of cyclists who may be in their blind spots. The SFBC also worked with cab driving schools to add bicycle safety into the learning curriculum and teamed up with bicyclists who are also cab drivers to compose a welcome letter for new cab drivers.

releaSe oF 2nd BiCyCling rePort Card The SFBC published our second Bicycling Report Card — composed of San Francisco bike facts and figures based on a citywide bicyclist survey. Even though San Francisco received the same grade of a B-, the spirit of bicycling has not been hampered. As the 2008 Report Card shows, more people than ever before are getting around the city by bike!

SFBC WINS

43%increase of people riding bikes since 2006

1,000potholes reported to 311 by volunteers

through our good roads Campaign

4.5 milesof roads were opened for healthy

activities along the embarcadero for two car-free sunday streets

$7,500for bike racks at san francisco public

schools was secured by the sfbC from a private foundation

10,000sfbC members advocating for safer

streets and better bicycling

$10,000,000for safe routes for biking and walking to

transit in the bay area

$1,000,000,000committed to the regional bike network

2008 Financial Summary

total inCoMe $1,051,167

total expenses $879,405

surplus $171,762

beginning Cash balanCe $337,384

enDing Cash balanCe $509,146

prograM 75%

funDraising 16%

operating 9%

EXPENSE

prograM expense

INComE

can be used for more than just the transport of cars.

Fix maSoniC Coalition WinS With support from the SFBC, the Fix Masonic Coalition won two vital improvements on busy Masonic Avenue, improving safety for bicyclists, pedestrians and motorists. In July, thanks to our efforts, a reduced speed limit of 25mph — a more appropriate speed for residential streets — was implemented. In September, after two years of community-based advocacy, San Francisco’s first-ever bicycle traffic signal was installed at the dangerous intersection of Fell and Masonic Ave. — a change of such necessity the Judge temporarily lifted the Bike Plan injunction for its implementation. This signal improves safety for both cyclists and pedestrians by creating two distinct phases — a “stop & go” traffic signal for people biking and walking and a left-turn arrow for motorists – so that these users are not in the intersection at the same time.

tWiCe aS many BikeS aS CarS on market Street For the first time, on record, there were twice as many bikes as cars pedaling downtown on Market St. at Van Ness Ave. on the morning of Bike to Work Day. Bicyclists made up 63% of traffic, while motorists

comprised only 32%. Bike to Work Day is a popular, annual event organized by the SFBC that encourages hundreds of thousands of people to use their bicycles for transportation. Ridership on Bike to Work Day has increased 400% since 2005. The SFBC welcomed 773 new members on this record-setting day!

neW Bike Parking Station oPenS at Caltrain 4tH & king After six years of SFBC advocacy, the first free-standing, attended, bicycle parking facility in San Francisco was opened at the 4th and King Caltrain depot in January. Operated by Warm Planet Bikes, the 1,600 square-foot bike parking station can securely park 130 bicycles for those who do not need to bike at the other end of their commute. The SFBC continues our work to secure more frequent and reliable bike space on Caltrain cars for the impressive 8% of Caltrain’s ridership that are bike commuters.

Bike imProvementS For loCal CollegeS San Francisco State University (SFSU) won a $363,000 grant from the Bay Area Air Quality

Management District to build a section of multi-use path into that campus from Buckingham Way. The SFBC and SFSU Bicycle Working Group worked hard to advance this grant which will be used to create an important connection to the Citywide Bike Network.

HelPing more FamilieS Bike Freedom From Training Wheels, a Bike Scavenger Hunt and bicycle road-eo were just some of the many activities that brought hundreds of youth and their families to our 2nd Annual Family Day on a sunny, car-free Healthy Saturday in Golden Gate Park.

This event is a great opportunity for the SFBC to bring together biking families. The SFBC hosts monthly Freedom From Training Wheels sessions in car-free Golden Gate Park to provide one-on-one instruction to help our youngest riders learn how to ride on two wheels.

The SFBC also partnered with the Presidio YMCA Bike Program to write and produce a Youth Curriculum for the YMCA’s in-school bike education program. The curriculum contains bicycle safety, rules of the road and bike maintenance lessons.

2008 was anotHer big year for better bicycling in san francisco. bike ridersHip increased a wHopping 43% in tHe past two years, according to official city counts.More people bicycling translates into greater demand for a better city with more bike lanes, bike parking and bike accessible transit — all priorities that the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition continued to work toward in 2008.

The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC) reached a record 10,000 members this year, creating an even more powerful voice for better bicycling and a more livable city. Today, the SFBC is the largest local advocacy group working to make San Francisco streets safer and more inviting to help more people bike more often.

The ongoing obstacle of 2008 was the 2-year old Bike Plan injunction which has prevented the City of San Francisco from striping any new bike lanes, painting sharrows, installing bike parking racks, or even adding bike related signage until a full environmental review of the Bike Plan is completed. Despite the injunction, the SFBC made major strides in our work to create a more livable San Francisco.

personnel 76%

prograM support 10%

printing & publiCations 5%

operations 4%

rent 3%

postage & Delivery 3%

tHe san francisco bicycle coalition is grateful to acknowledge tHe following businesses, foundations, and individual supporters for making our work possible.

san francisco bicycle coalition

97%of SFBC members plan to renew their memberships

next year.

20%of SFBC members have

been members for over 5 years.

23% of SFBC members say

they volunteered in 2008.

87%of SFBC members are impressed

with the SFBC’s work to address the awareness of bicyclists’ issues to decision-makers and politicians.

78%of SFBC members

bike to work.

95%of SFBC members are satisfied with the representation they get

as bicyclists.

2008annualrEPOrT

foundation and business support$10,000+Mark Dwight Foundation*Halpern Family Fund*Hellman Family Foundation*Hewlett Foundation*New Belgium Brewery*REI*San Francisco Foundation*

$5,000 – $9,999Dolan Law Firm*Community Thrift*Kaiser Permanente*Walkup, Melodia, Kelly, Wecht

& Schoenberger*

$2,500 – $4,999AMB Property Corporation*Buhl Foundation Inc*Fund for the Environment*Google*James Irvine Foundation*Law Office of Carter Zinn*MerrellPacific Waterfront Partners*PG&E*Timbuk2 Designs*Treasure Island Community

LLC*The William Hancock Family

Fund*

$1,000 – $2,499Alta Planning + DesignBike & Roll*Cahill Contractors, Inc.Charles Schwab Foundation*CREDO Mobile*Chrome BagsDavid Baker + Partner

Architects*Foundation for Ecology and

Culture*Luminescence Foundation*Thomas C. Hays & Mary Ann

Hays Family Foundation*Martin Building Company*Microsoft*Parker Carson Foundation*Planet Bike*Platinum Advisors*Reuben & Junius, LLP*Streetlines Network*Wilson Meany Sullivan *

$500 – $999Amgen*Bikeparking.com*Brandi Law FirmThe Brent Firm*California Endowment*City Car ShareCity Park*CMG Landscape Architecture*Davidovitz & Bennett*Donald MacDonald Architects*Emerald Fund, IncFehr & Peers Associates*Forest City Development*HEW Charitable Foundation*James E. Roberts-Obayashi

Corportation*KLA Tenor*KSWM Treasure Island LLC*McGuire Real EstateNibbi Brothers General

ContractingPacific Foundation Services*Paoli & Geerhart LLP*Pocket Development LLC*Prager, Sealy & Co. LLC*

The Related Companies of California*

Rodale*Stockbridge LLC*Symantec*Washington Mutual*Wilbur Smith Associates*

$250 – $499Bank of Marin*BergDavis Public Affairs*Blue Shield of California*Clorox Company*EDAW*Folger, Levin & KahnJensen Architects*Van Meter Williams Pollack LLP*Words Pictures Ideas*

individual supporters$10,000+Jonathan Weiner*John & Leslie Woodward*

$5,000 – $9,999Anonymous*John Calaway & Olof Hansen*Jenn Fox & Josh Magnum*Jean Fraser & Geoffrey Gordon-

Creed*Tom Lockard & Alix Marduel*Ann Lyons & Jacques

Rutschmann*

$2,500 – $4,999David Baker*Claire & Tom Bettag*Richard Cox*Miles Epstein & Susan George*Rob Forbes*Remy Hathaway*

$1,000 – $2,499Joseph Baribeau*Becky Bond*Cynsa Bonorris*Matt Braithwaite*Cheryl Brinkman & Rich Coffin*Clark Buckner & Jennifer

Perfilio*Robert & Andrea Carr*Steve Chapman*Joshua & Susan Citrak*Casey Culbertson*David DesRoches*Christon DewanMartha EhrenfeldRafael Escandon*Shawn GrunbergerJonn Herschend & Max

Schroder*Vincent Hoenigman*Patrick Larvie*Kathleen McNamara & Nathan

Brennan*Thomas Newmeyer*Renée Rivera*John Rogers*Tim Shea & Duncan Fuller*Kurt ShuckGreg & Heidi Simon*Eric Sloan & Elise Proulx*David Soward*John Spallone*Ted Strawser*Jeffrey Tumlin & Huib Petersen

$500 – $999Anonymous*Lalit Balchandani*Jack Bertges*Andy & Rebecca Bindman*

Nancy Botkin & Mike Smith*Ben Caldwell*Lynne Carstarphen*Eugene Saul Cash & Pamela

Weiss*Roy Crisman & Courtney King*Matthew Davis*Lisa Day & Anne Pagliarulo*Jessica De Jesus*Erika Delacorte*Krikor Didonian & Marshall

Hilton*Chris Fenster*Gary Fisher*Justin & Helen Fraser*David Gartner*Riyad Ghannam*Steve Hall*Mark Hotsenpiller & Patrick

Delaney*Amandeep Jawa*Shirley Johnson*Bruce Johnson & Brooke Kuhn*Patrick Kenny*George Lane & Leslie Ann

Cruz*Tim Leonoudakis*Theresa Lopez & Chris DelucchiGal Mariansky*John P. McGlynn*Dan Nguyen-Tan*Michael Poremba & Ania

Moniuszko*Matthew Roth*Mark Scheuer*Jackie Schwartz & Peter

Czerpak*Jeff Sears*Don Shipman*Tracy Stampfli*Zack Stender & Sky

Baumbach*Jeremy Sugerman*Jeffery Vroom & Tara CaffreyCourtney Weaver & Simon

Frankel*Erika Winton & Jeremy Nelson

$250 – 499Andrew Adams & Margaret

BurchCyndi Bakir & Andrew

DombrowskiJonathan BallardKenneth BergerKate Bickert & Joseph DrennanJonathan Blitzer*Jared Blumenfeld & Laura

RodormerPeter BrastowKevin CameronJose CaratiniJames CarilloAndrew Casteel & Alexandra

BaugherManish Champsee*Matt ChapmanMark Christiansen*Kit Colbert & Ginny ZeppaChris CompariniDarius ContractorChris & Heather CoppersmithHarold CranstonBenjamin Damm*Dale Danley & Michael

Helquist*Kent David & Alice Linder*Darren David & Bonnie DoyleMaureen DeBoer & Craig PetersDavid Dick & Shannon CairnsJake Donham & Kit HodgeIlana Drummond & Sharon

DulbergBrooke DuBose*Laurel Elkjer & Peter SchmitzJose EspinosaAmy & John FirmanLauren FondahlJim ForbesLisa Foster & John Pemberton*Justin FrankelScott Franklin & Lori LebruskaStephanie & Joe FunkMatthew Fust*Sharon Gadberry & Redmond

Kernan III*Richard & Andrea Goldman*Frank GomezRon Goodman*Jonathan Gray & Randi

Myrseth*Grizzly Peak CyclistsMark Gunther*Douglas HamiltonCarlina HansenValerie HartwellEric HeatonChris HeisterkampRichard Hood*Robert IppolitoSami Iwata & Lance Anderson*Dan Kaljian*

Daniel Keller & Michelle Phillips

Judy KellyGregg Kleiner & Cathlin

MilliganForrest Koenig & Ann

Gagliardi*Cathy Kora*Robert LawrenceWarren Leiden & Tiana

Wimmer*Martin Leugers & Tricia WrightDerf Lewis*Laura Loescher*Tatjana Loh & Peter Coward*Richard Lynch & Frank Steil*Alexander Magee & Kelleigh

TrowbridgeCarol Marshall*Adair McClatchy*Meg MealFrank Merritt*Matthew Mlinac*Maria Morgan-Butcher*Dan Nelson & Lori HarrisonEdward Nicolson*Amy O’Hair*Bruce Osterweil & Patricia

FurlongJune Park*Doug RappaportJames Rozzelle & Ann

ShepherdMike SamuelCheer Santy & Trevor PeaceOriana Saral & Steve Tiell*Spiro SarrisRobert Schuchardt*Greg Schuler & Frances James*David SharpLenore ShefmanRich Simpson & Maureen

Kelly*Peter Stamats & Karen Allen*Joseph & Rebecca Steinberger*David Strother & Monica

VivancoSusan Sutherland & David

MustelierDavid & Yakira TeitelCorinne TemplemanTrevor Tubelle & Jessica

BuchsbaumChristopher WhiteKitty Whitman & Louis JaffeBonnie Williamson*Corinna Witt*

in-kind business supportA. Macial PrintingAcupetAdrian Baume/ELEMENT

Acupuncture Health CenterAesthetic AppetiteAlonzo King LINES BalletAmerican CycleryAnother Planet EntertainmentArizmendi BakeryAsqew GrillAtlas CaféThe Balboa TheaterBar BambinoBay City Bike Rentals and ToursBear Valley InnBernal YogaBevologyBi-Rite MarketBig Swingin’ CyclesBike and RollBike FridayBlack Rock Arts FoundationBlue Bottle CoffeeBlue PlateBOB TrailerBoccaloneBox Dog BikesCalifornia Academy of SciencesCannondaleChico Velo Cycling ClubChrome BagsCitizen ChainCity Beer StoreCity CarShareCity Cycle of San FranciscoCoffee BarContemporary Jewish MuseumCornfield ElectronicsDahonDavid Baker + Partners

ArchitectsDavid Gartner PhotographyDelfinaDolores Park Café & Duboce

Park CaféEdurance Performance Training

CentersFair Trade CoalitionFarley’s CoffeeFirst Crush RestaurantFish and FarmFour Barrel Coffee

Fox Racing ShoxFreight & SalvageFront PorchThe Fruit GuysGarden GourmetGet Lost Travel BooksGetaway AdventuresGinny Evans : Personal Chef/

CatererGolden State HealthGood VibrationsGreen ZebraGU EnergyHal Looby’s PiesHerbivoreHotel BironThe IndpendentIndigo RestaurantInertia DesignJeanine Payer IncJoni Eisen Cake PortraitsJoyRider ClothingKeven BricknellThe KnockoutKnogKryptoniteLe ColonialLolo RestaurantLittle Star PizzaLuna ParkMake-Out RoomMark Nielsen, CMTMatadorMedium RealityMike’s BikesMikel DavenportMini Bar SFMission Beach CaféMission CliffsMomentum MagazineMuseum of African DisporaMy AlibiMy Own BagNapa Valley ToursNew Belgium BreweryNite RiderNoah’s BagelsNoe Valley CycleryNOPAPacific CatchPaxti’s Chicago PizzaPearl IzumiPedal RevolutionPeet’s Coffee & TeaPhotoworksPiccinoPlanet BikePoleng LoungeRainbow GroceryRange RestaurantRickshaw BagworksRickshaw StopRitual Coffee RoastersRoaring Mouse CyclesRushburn Toffee CompanySafewaySan Francisco BalletSan Francisco Bay GuardianSan Francisco Brew CraftSan Francisco CyclerySan Francisco Museum of

Modern ArtSan Francisco OperaSan Francisco SymphonySchwinn/Pacific BicycleSerpetineSheila MoonShopping, the MusicalSkuut LLCSlims & Great American Music

HallSlowclubSmith Sport OpticsSOMA FabricationsSpecialized Bicycle

ComponentsSports BasementSpot Brand BicyclesStrategic Communications

CoachingStudio 755SuppenkucheTablehopperThirsty BearThuleTimbuk2 DesignsTopeakTrekValencia CycleryVelo GirlsVelo Rouge CaféVeritable VegetableWeird FishWilbur HotspringsWild Heart CyclingXtracycleYoga TreeZero Per GallonZoic Clothing

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.

sfbc staffTessa BuckleyMembership & Development Assistant

Marc CaswellProjects Manager

Frank ChanOperations Director

Teri GardinerCommunications Director

Kit HodgeSan Francisco Great Streets Project Director

Kate McCarthyMembership & Volunteer Director

Jodie MedeirosDevelopment Director

Neal PatelCommunity Planner

Leah ShahumExecutive Director

Andy ThornleyProgram Director

board of directorsDavid BakerBenjamin CaldwellBrooke DuBoseJenn Fox (President)Jean FraserJustin A. Fraser (Treasurer)David GartnerAmandeep JawaAnn LyonsHolly MinchDan Nguyen-TanLainie MotamediEric Sloan (Secretary)Zack StenderSusan Sun

san francisco bicycle coalition995 Market Street Suite 1550 San Francisco, CA 94103

pHone: 415-431-BIKE fax: 415-431-2468 email: info@sfbike.org

www.sfbike.org

*All or a portion of the donation was contributed to the SFBC Education Fund.

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