Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycle Commuting

SFMTA Board Backs Full Bike Strategy Build-Out, Though Funding Still Missing

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 19, 2013 | 22 Comments

The SFMTA Board of Directors voiced strong support yesterday for pursuing the most ambitious vision laid out in the agency’s draft Bicycle Strategy, which calls for a system of safe, comfortable bikeways that could elevate the level of cycling in San Francisco to levels seen in cities like Copenhagen and Amsterdam. Where the funding to […]

BART Board Votes to Lift Bike Bans for Another Five-Month Trial

By Aaron Bialick | May 24, 2013 | 1 Comment

The BART Board of Directors last night voted to lift bike blackout periods for another five-month trial starting in July. At the end of November, the board will once again consider changing the policy permanently. The trial was approved with a 6-3 vote, with directors Tom Radulovich, Robert Raburn, and James Fang voting against it, […]

Will the BART Board Take the Sensible Step of Lifting Bike Bans?

By Aaron Bialick | May 14, 2013 | 30 Comments

After a second uneventful trial, it’s as clear as ever that BART is due to lift the ban on bikes during rush hours. The BART Board of Directors, which is set to vote on the policy change next week, held a hearing last week on the results of a one-week trial in March, during which […]

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Bicycle Traffic Counter Could Come to Market Street by Bike to Work Day

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 17, 2013 | 4 Comments

San Francisco will get its first bicycle traffic counter within the next month. The SF Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors sealed the deal yesterday on a bike counter for Market Street between Ninth and Tenth Streets. Bike counters, which have been installed on major cycling streets in cities like Copenhagen, Portland, Seattle, and Montreal, help […]

A Week of Bikes on BART: How’s Your Commute Been?

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 20, 2013 | 7 Comments

In the third day of BART’s week-long trial to let bikes aboard during rush hours, the sky doesn’t seem to have fallen, just as it didn’t in the first trial during Fridays last August. BART says it’s already received 850 survey submissions in the first two days, and the results will tell if the operation […]

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BART to Launch Second Trial Week Without Rush-Hour Bike Ban

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 14, 2013 | 14 Comments

BART will implement another trial to allow bikes aboard trains during rush hours, the agency announced today. Unlike the first trial, which tested the policy change during four Fridays in August, the new trial will run during the entire work week from Monday, March 18, through Friday, March 22. The survey results from the August trial […]

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