Tag Archives: San Francisco

Critical Mass: Bikers Rule The Road

This is always fun to watch when you are not stuck in the car in the city downtown and have to wait 15 min until all the bikers have passed by. Critical Mass supposedly was started in San Francisco 16 years ago. I think if this helps to get people on bicycles then let’s keep [...]

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San Francisco Marathon 2008

After 5 years I finished the San Francisco Marathon on Sunday for the second time. This was exiting as even with a few years (and pounds) more and despite the fact that I did not practised as much as I should have (again) I still managed to shave off a few minutes of my time. [...]

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San Francisco most walkable U.S. city

Here is a new claim to fame for San Francisco as the most walkable city among the most popular 40 cities in the U.S. Despite 42 hills total and quite a few steep ones, people love to walk around in San Francisco, as the WSJ reports. There is quite some criticism towards the results as [...]

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