Editing San Francisco (section)

====Cycling and walking ====
{{main|Cycling in San Francisco}}
[[File:San Francisco Bay Wheels.jpg|thumb|right|[[Bay Wheels]] station on [[Market Street (San Francisco)|Market St.]]]]

Cycling is a popular mode of transportation in San Francisco, with 75,000 residents commuting by bicycle each day.<ref name="2011 Bicycle Count Report">{{cite news
|title = 2011 Bicycle Count Report
|work=SFMTA
|publisher=City of San Francisco
|date = December 2011
|url = http://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/2011BicycleCountReport-accessible.pdf
|access-date =May 17, 2012
}}</ref> In recent years,{{when|date=May 2024}} the city has installed better [[cycling infrastructure]] such as [[protected bike lane]]s and parking racks.<ref>{{cite report|url=http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/documents/cs/impl/ca-sanfrancisco-2012report.pdf|title=2012 San Francisco State of Cycling Report|publisher=San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency|page=2|access-date=October 24, 2015|year=2012}}
</ref> [[Bay Wheels]], previously named Bay Area Bike Share at inception, launched in August 2013 with 700 bikes in downtown San Francisco, selected cities in the East Bay, and San Jose. The [[San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency]] and [[Bay Area Air Quality Management District]] are responsible for the operation with management provided by [[Motivate (company)|Motivate]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Bialick |first=Aaron |title=Ford GoBike Launches, Bringing Bike-Share to New SF Neighborhoods |url=https://www.sfmta.com/blog/ford-gobike-launches-bringing-bike-share-new-sf-neighborhoods |date=June 29, 2017 |website=SFMTA: Municipal Transportation Agency |access-date=April 30, 2018}}</ref> A major expansion started in 2017, along with a rebranding as Ford GoBike; the company received its current name in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Grab an ebike and go |url=https://www.fordgobike.com/ |website=Ford GoBike |access-date=April 30, 2018 |archive-date=December 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217041452/https://www.fordgobike.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Pedestrian traffic is also widespread. In 2021, [[Walk Score]] ranked San Francisco the most walkable city in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.walkscore.com/cities-and-neighborhoods/|title=2021 City & Neighborhood Ranking|work=San Francisco Chronicle |access-date=July 20, 2011 |first=Carolyn |last=Said |date=July 20, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-10-most-walkable-us-cities-2011-07-20?link=MW_popular |title=The 10 most walkable U.S. cities |publisher=MarketWatch |year=2011 |access-date=July 20, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title = Walk Score Ranks The Most Walkable Cities of 2015 – @Redfin|url = https://www.redfin.com/blog/2015/04/walk-score-ranks-the-most-walkable-cities-of-2015.html|access-date = September 25, 2015|date = April 7, 2015}}</ref>

San Francisco has significantly higher rates of pedestrian and bicyclist traffic deaths than the United States on average. In 2013, 21 pedestrians were killed in vehicle collisions, the highest since 2001,<ref name="SF Examiner ped safety">{{cite news|last=Sabatini|first=Joshua|title=Lee unveils push for pedestrian safety|url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/lee-unveils-push-for-pedestrian-safety-measures/Content?oid=2678662|access-date=January 19, 2014|newspaper=SF Examiner|date=January 16, 2014}}</ref> which is 2.5 deaths per 100,000 population – 70% higher than the national average of 1.5.<ref name="NHTSA 2012 Crashes">{{cite web|title=Traffic Safety Facts, 2012 Motor Vehicle Crashes: Overview|url=http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811856.pdf|publisher=National Highway Traffic Safety Administration|access-date=January 19, 2014}}</ref>
[[File:Critical Mass, San Francisco, April 29, 2005 (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|[[Cycling in San Francisco|San Francisco cycling]] event]]
[[Cycling in San Francisco|Cycling]] is becoming increasingly popular in the city. The 2010 [[San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency|Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA)]] annual bicycle count showed the number of cyclists at 33 locations had increased 58% from the 2006 baseline counts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://128.121.89.101/cms/bhome/documents/City_of_San_Francisco_2010_Bicycle_Count_Report_edit12082010.pdf|title=City of San Francisco 2010 Bicycle Count Report|work= San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, 2010, p. 3}}</ref> In 2008, the MTA estimated that about 128,000 trips were made by bicycle each day in the city, or 6% of total trips.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://archives.sfmta.com/cms/rbikes/documents/2008SFStateofCyclingReport.pdf
|title = 2008 San Francisco State of Cycling Report
|publisher = San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
|year = 2008
|page = 9
|access-date = October 1, 2014}}
</ref> {{As of|2019}}, 2.6% of the city's streets have protected bike lanes, with 28 miles of protected bike lanes in the city.<ref name=":0" /> Since 2006, San Francisco has received a Bicycle Friendly Community status of "Gold" from the [[League of American Bicyclists]].<ref>{{cite journal
|title=Bicycle Friendly America 2010
|url=http://www.bikeleague.org/sites/default/files/american_bicyclists_jan_feb10.pdf
|date=2010
|page=17
|journal=American Bicyclist
|access-date=October 24, 2015}}</ref> In 2022 a measure on the ballot passed to protect JFK drive in Golden Gate Park as a pedestrian and biking space with 59% of voters in favor.<ref>{{cite news | last=Cano | first=Ricardo | title=JFK Drive will remain car-free after S.F. voters reject Prop. I, pass Prop. J | website=San Francisco Chronicle | date=November 9, 2022 | url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/election/article/JFK-Drive-will-remain-car-free-after-S-F-voters-17570182.php | access-date=December 5, 2022}}</ref>