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Long-Delayed Polk Contra-Flow Protected Bike Lane Jumpstarted by DPW

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 31, 2014 | 31 Comments

In a surprising development, the Department of Public Works broke ground today on a contra-flow, protected bike lane on the two southernmost blocks of Polk Street, from Market to Grove Streets (at City Hall), which are currently one-way southbound. By Bike to Work Day, two of the city’s busiest bicycling streets are expected to be […]

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Imagine No Deaths: Supes, Safe Streets Advocates Call for “Vision Zero”

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 14, 2014 | 14 Comments

A coalition of safe streets advocates, community organizations, and city supervisors have launched a campaign for San Francisco to join leading cities in adopting a “Vision Zero” goal — an end to traffic deaths on city streets within ten years. “We need a culture shift in San Francisco, and it has to start from the […]

Eyes on the Street: Folsom Buffered Bike Lane Goes Green

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 4, 2013 | 27 Comments

The new, wider buffered bike lane on Folsom Street in SoMa is getting finishing touches this week as the SFMTA adds green paint where drivers are expected to merge with people on bikes. “We pushed for green paint at the intersections, and we’re thrilled to see that safety element being added today,” the SF Bicycle […]

SFMTA Crews Installing Buffered Bike Lane on Folsom Street

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 26, 2013 | 10 Comments

SFMTA crews are currently installing a widened, buffered bike lane on Folsom Street between 11th and Fourth Streets. The SFMTA got to work quickly on this bike lane expansion — crews hit the street as early as Friday, just a few days after the project was approved by the SFMTA Board of Directors. It should be […]

How a Poll Showing SF’s Pro-Bike Attitudes Can Change the Conversation

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 5, 2013 | 5 Comments

If you listen to the public discourse about re-allocating street space to make bicycling safer in San Francisco, a pattern in the naysayers’ message quickly emerges. “Only a small margin of people ride bicycles, and those people don’t deserve space for safer travel,” goes the refrain. “Traffic lanes and parking for cars are too important […]

SFMTA Shops Folsom Buffered Bike Lane at Crowded Community Meeting

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 24, 2013 | 5 Comments

The SFMTA’s proposal to widen the Folsom Street bike lane with a buffer zone and remove a general traffic lane drew significant turnout at a community meeting in SoMa yesterday evening. The project, set to be installed by the end of the year, seems to have strong support from residents and livable streets advocates as […]

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