Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Connecting the City

JFK Protected Bike Lanes Get Seal of Approval From the Bike-Savvy Dutch

By Aaron Bialick | May 1, 2012 | 24 Comments

This year’s celebration of the Dutch Queen’s Day in San Francisco was a bit special. When the event’s 100-or-so celebrants traversed the city by bike in the second annual “Market-to-Mill” ride (Market Street to the Dutch windmill in Golden Gate Park, a.k.a the Bay to Beach route), the orange-clad caravan traveled through San Francisco’s first bicycle […]

It’s Not That Hard to Find People Who Like the JFK Bikeway

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 25, 2012 | 120 Comments

Much has been made about the “strangeness” of San Francisco’s first parking-protected bike lane in Golden Gate Park, which employs the type of design that other American cities are increasingly using to improve safety and raise bicycling rates. As someone who lives next to Golden Gate Park, I’ve been going out of my way to […]

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Bike Lane Progress on JFK, Bayshore, Cesar Chavez, and Cargo Way

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 6, 2012 | 27 Comments

Bike network expansions are going in at a rapid clip so far this spring. In Golden Gate Park, parking-protected bike lanes on John F. Kennedy Drive are mostly finished on the stretch in front of the Conservatory of Flowers, and drivers already seem to be picking up on the new parking arrangement. Progress on new […]

SFMTA Unveils Fell and Oak Bikeway Designs, Pushes Timeline to Spring 2013

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 2, 2012 | 56 Comments

The SFMTA revealed the design [PDF] for protected bike lanes on three blocks of Fell and Oak Streets at an open house on Saturday. The plan would create a safer connection from the Panhandle to the Wiggle by installing a one-way buffered bike lane on each street, partially separated from motor traffic by planters. The proposal […]

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Tomorrow: Show Your Support for the Fell and Oak Bikeways

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 30, 2012 | 9 Comments

The SFMTA will reveal the proposed design for protected bike lanes on Fell and Oak Streets tomorrow, and supporters need to make their voices heard to ensure the agency doesn’t water the project down or it delay it any further. The project was significantly delayed after the SFMTA set out to replace some of the […]

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Eyes on the Street: More Progress on JFK Drive Parking-Protected Bikeway

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 22, 2012 | 4 Comments

Crews have placed preliminary road markings for the coming re-design of JFK Drive in front of the Conservatory of Flowers. Next month, JFK will become the first street in San Francisco where cyclists are protected from moving traffic by parked cars. The markings, for the time being, give bicyclists a teaser of how the protected bikeway will look, with […]

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