Biking San Francisco
May 10, 2009 - 1 Comment - san francisco bicycling
When I moved to San Francisco just over a year ago, I did so without a car, truck, Segway, or what have you. Completely reliant on public transportation and my own two legs, the monthly $45 MUNI pass was my tax-deductible key to the city.
All MUNI busses are also either zero emissions or run on biodiesel, so they’re pretty damn green.
San Francisco’s MUNI system is highly capable compared to where I was coming from, and really helped me out as I established my new life on the western frontier, but it could only work for so long. After landing an apartment in the middle of the Richmond, the bus’s tendency to stop at every other corner seemed less cordial and more annoying; at an average speed of 7 MPH, it took my bus about 40 minutes to get me downtown, which didn’t include the waiting time which could be up to 15 minutes or so. The two hours I spent on the bus each day began to steadily take its toll on my sanity.
Enter the bike
The greenest form of transportation around. Everybody’s doing it!
I purchased myself the cheapest bike tha…
