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Eyes on the Street: Market Street Bike Lane Puts the Squeeze on Cyclists

By Joshua Hart | Feb 24, 2010 | 27 Comments

The bike lane on Market at 10th St. was already narrow before the installation of safe-hit posts. Photos by Josh Hart. Cyclists traveling inbound on Market Street are being squeezed into an unnecessarily narrow bike lane as a result of safe-hit posts installed to enforce the new required right turn at 10th Street. The posts, […]

SFBC Director Leah Shahum to Write for Streetsblog from Amsterdam

By Bryan Goebel | Feb 22, 2010 | 3 Comments

By now, you’ve probably heard that SFBC Executive Director Leah Shahum is taking an eight-month sabbatical to one of the world’s great cycling cities, Amsterdam. Shahum will be missed by many during her absence, but I’m excited to announce today that she’ll be chronicling her experiences and thoughts from Amsterdam for Streetsblog San Francisco. "I’m […]

Can Anything Be Done to Fix Muni?

By Matthew Roth | Feb 11, 2010 | 16 Comments

Photo: Troy Holden In San Francisco it’s almost as cliche to kvetch about Muni as it is to misquote Mark Twain about chilly summers, but what can possibly be done to fix a transit system that seems to have so many problems and almost no solutions that everyone can agree upon? The city’s sitting mayor […]

Fell Street Arco Bike Lane Might See Improvements Soon

By Matthew Roth | Feb 10, 2010 | 21 Comments

Click to enlarge. Proposed changes to Fell St. bike lane, soft-hit posts in red. The MTA might have a solution for the dangerous conditions at the Fell Street Arco gas station, where motorists queueing up to buy gas routinely block the bike lane and force cyclists to navigate between bumpers or try their hand a […]

Transit Riders Put Heat on Mayor Through SFBC, Twitter

By Michael Rhodes | Feb 3, 2010 | 2 Comments

MuniFail.com Two new online campaigns are helping transit supporters pressure the Mayor to save Muni from the brink of massive service cuts. In the past two days, a web page created by the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition has succeeded in getting nearly 350 people (and growing) to write personalized letters to the Mayor and the […]

San Francisco Police Chief to Review Bicycle, Pedestrian Policies

By Matthew Roth | Feb 2, 2010 | 34 Comments

Photo: Troy Holden San Francisco Police Chief George Gascón vowed last week to implement significant crime reducing strategies through his Compstat system and restructured enforcement based on best practices from inside and outside of his department, including two measures that have pedestrian and bicycle advocates astir. At a press conference with Mayor Gavin Newsom Friday, […]

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