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SFPD Increases Enforcement on Wiggle as SFMTA Ponders Signal Priority

By Bryan Goebel | Aug 9, 2010 | 96 Comments

A bicyclist waits to turn left onto Fell from Scott, where SFPD officers have been ticketing cyclists for running the red light. Photos: Bryan Goebel. It’s no secret that many bicyclists pedaling through one of San Francisco’s most popular bicycling corridors, The Wiggle, often run the red light turning onto Fell Street from Scott. Whether […]

Cyclists Cheer as Judge Finally Frees San Francisco from Bike Injunction

By Bryan Goebel and Matthew Roth | Aug 6, 2010 | 11 Comments

Photo: Bryan Goebel After nearly four years of legal wrangling, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Peter Busch lifted the city’s bike injunction this afternoon, freeing the SFMTA to begin working on implementing the remaining projects in the Bike Plan, and soundly rejecting the objections made by plaintiff Rob Anderson and his attorney Mary Miles. "We […]

Eyes on the Street: SFMTA Installs Green Bike Lane on Fell Street

By Bryan Goebel | Aug 3, 2010 | 19 Comments

Photos: Bryan Goebel In its best attempt yet to prevent drivers from obstructing the bike lane on a troubled section of Fell Street, alongside the Arco station, the SFMTA painted the lane green today, along with the dashed lane from mid-block to Divisadero Street, as part of its new configuration. Michael Helquist of BIKE NOPA […]

Advocates say Bicycle Riders Could Save Caltrain from Service Cuts

By Bryan Goebel | Aug 3, 2010 | 35 Comments

Photo: sfbike With Caltrain facing a $2.3 million deficit, and its governing board considering service cuts and fare hikes, bicycle advocates from three Bay Area counties who have been leading the call for more bicycle capacity have calculated that the commuter rail line could stave off reductions if it would just accommodate the increasing demand […]

Bike Tour Taps San Francisco’s Water Innovations

By Matt Baume | Jul 27, 2010 | 4 Comments

Blair Randall shows off the rain barrels. Photo: Matt Baume When most San Franciscans turn on a faucet, they’ll see water that’s traveled as far as two hundred miles from Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park. But that’s not the case for some locally-minded gardeners, for whom careful water stewardship is as important as […]

Mayor Newsom to Nominate a Respected Transit Advocate to SFMTA Board

By Bryan Goebel | Jul 14, 2010 | 27 Comments

Cheryl Brinkman at a press conference earlier this year celebrating San Francisco’s first new bike lane in three years. In the background is SFMTA Chief Nat Ford. Photo: sfbike Cheryl Brinkman, one of the original organizers of Sunday Streets who has a strong history of livable streets advocacy, will be nominated today by Mayor Gavin […]

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