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BART Staff Opposes Rush Hour Bike Access on Rear Cars

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 28, 2011 | 50 Comments

BART staff has shot down a proposal from Director Robert Raburn to allow commuters to bring bicycles aboard the back cars of rush hour trains. In a memo [pdf] to the BART Board, Executive Planning and Budget Manager Carter Mau recommended maintaining the current policy, which prohibits bicycles aboard its most crowded trains during peak […]

Neighborhood Outreach Continues for Fell and Oak Bikeways

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 27, 2011 | 31 Comments

Fourteen years of community-driven efforts to improve conditions on Fell and Oak Streets around the Panhandle are finally paying off. The outreach continues on a vision for separated bikeways that would provide San Franciscans safe access to the flattest route connecting the western neighborhoods to areas east while making the neighborhood more livable for residents and businesses. […]

New Bike Lanes Completed on Illinois, Sagamore, and Alemany Boulevard

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 20, 2011 | 10 Comments

Bicycle riders can enjoy bike lanes on three new routes striped within the last couple of months, as the SFMTA continues to roll out the city’s Bicycle Plan. Illinois Street now offers a safer north-south route from Mission Bay to Dogpatch while Alemany Boulevard and Sagamore Street connect the city’s southern neighborhoods. On Illinois, car parking […]

Golden Wheel Awards Honor SFMTA’s Livable Streets Staff, Union Square BID

By Bryan Goebel | Jun 16, 2011 | 1 Comment

The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition’s Golden Wheel Awards event last night paid tribute the SFMTA’s Livable Streets staff for the green protected bike lanes on Market Street, and honored the Union Square Business Improvement District for the Powell Street promenade, which began construction this week. “Both of these projects are connecting our city by making […]

Bike Advocates to Bring Huckleberry Bicycle Shop to Mid-Market Street

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 10, 2011 | 6 Comments

Venturing into the Mid-Market area this fall, Huckleberry Bicycles aspires to go well beyond selling bikes. As co-owners Brian Smith, Jonas Jackel, and Zack Stender launch the first full-service bike shop to open on Market Street, they aim to bridge more everyday riders with bicycle advocacy and provide a much-needed service along the busiest bicycling street west of the Mississippi. […]

Eyes on the Street: “Green-backed” Sharrows Installed on Market Street

By Bryan Goebel | May 25, 2011 | 12 Comments

SFMTA crews are continuing the “green branding” of Market Street, installing “green-backed” sharrows for people who ride bikes across several different intersections headed eastbound between Octavia Boulevard and 10th Street. Fifteen green shared lane markings have appeared on eastbound Market at Van Ness Avenue and 10th Street, with another 5 expected to go in soon […]

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