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SF’s Biggest Bike to School Day Yet Marks a Growing Trend Among Students

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 12, 2012 | 19 Comments

Kids at 40 schools this morning participated in San Francisco’s biggest Bike to School Day yet. The level of participation, in the event’s fourth year, reflects steady growth in levels of biking and walking to schools throughout the year. San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC) Executive Director Leah Shahum said an enthusiastic group of more than […]

Advocates: Despite Bike-Ped Death, Cars Still Greatest Danger to Peds

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 9, 2012 | 73 Comments

In the midst of a wave of media attention around the recent bicycle-pedestrian death in the Castro, walking and bicycling advocates today re-affirmed the greatest dangers facing pedestrians on San Francisco’s streets: high-speed roads and dangerous driving behavior. In a KQED radio forum this morning, Walk SF Executive Director Elizabeth Stampe, SF Bicycle Coalition (SFBC) Executive Director Leah Shahum, […]

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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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