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Cesar Chavez Street Redesign Plan Headed to SFMTA Board for Approval

By Fran Taylor | Nov 29, 2010 | 31 Comments

An SFMTA hearing room erupted into applause Friday, November 19, when John Newlin, a hearing officer at the SFMTA, ruled that the massive Cesar Chavez Street redesign should move on to the full SFMTA Board. Supporters of the plan, led by CC Puede, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, and other community groups, swamped opposition. The […]

San Francisco to Get Five Green Bike Boxes on Market Street

By Bryan Goebel | Nov 19, 2010 | 11 Comments

As part of its “Calm the Safety Zone” project, the SFMTA plans to install five green bike boxes on Market Street at intersections that currently have bike lanes, bringing to seven the total number of bike boxes in San Francisco. Bike advocates urged the SFMTA to install them quickly and focus on a continuous ribbon […]

Commentary: Adding More Bike Capacity on Caltrain Will Benefit Everyone

By Shirley Johnson | Nov 16, 2010 | 31 Comments

Dr. Shirley Johnson is the chair of the newly formed Caltrain Bicycle Advisory Committee and the head of the Bikes ONboard project sponsored by the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. Caltrain recently released a Bike Count and Dwell Time Study, conducted over five weeks during April and May. The study results support bicycle advocates’ position that […]

SFMTA Approves Four New Bike Corrals

By Bryan Goebel | Nov 10, 2010 | 17 Comments

An SFMTA hearing officer has approved four new bike corrals that will be installed of front of Mike’s Bikes in SoMa, Timbuk2 in Hayes Valley, the Butler and the Chef restaurant in South Park and Thieves Tavern/Box Dog Bikes on 14th Street. A total of four parking spaces will be converted into on-street parking for […]

An Emerging New Bike Plan for San Francisco is a Bold Path Forward

By Bryan Goebel | Oct 19, 2010 | 170 Comments

After four years of an agonizing bicycle injunction that prevented the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) from adding any significant improvements to the city’s bike network, a judge earlier this year finally freed the SFMTA to begin building out the city’s long-promised Bicycle Plan. In short order, the SFMTA made some very noticeable improvements, […]

SFMTA Begins Installing More Bike Counters Around the City

By Bryan Goebel | Oct 15, 2010 | 19 Comments

The SFMTA has begun installing 22 automatic bicycle counters at 15 locations throughout the city to help get a more accurate tally of the rising numbers of bicyclists in San Francisco. The Zelt inductive loop counters are placed 1 to 3 inches below the pavement and each time someone pedals over one, the system detects […]

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