Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycle Commuting

BART Survey: Promising Findings for Lifting the Rush-Hour Bike Ban

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 1, 2012 | 21 Comments

BART released results Friday from its survey of riders’ attitudes toward the pilot program that lifted the rush-hour ban on bikes each Friday in August. Although BART and media reports have called the findings “split” and “varied,” the responses in some key areas look promising. The vast majority of the more than 7,500 respondents felt that […]

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Three-Foot Bike Passing Bill Passes CA Assembly, Needs Gov’s Signature

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 28, 2012 | 6 Comments

The California State Assembly passed a bill yesterday that would require motorists to provide three feet of space when passing bicyclists. SB 1464, which passed with a 50-16 vote, is expected to be signed by Governor Jerry Brown in September following a “largely procedural” approval by the State Senate, which already passed the bill in May, according […]

Three-Foot Passing Bill Up for Vote at State Assembly Friday

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 22, 2012 | 16 Comments

A state bill that would require drivers to give three feet of leeway when passing bicyclists in California is headed to the State Assembly for a vote this Friday. TransForm and the California Bicycle Coalition are calling on supporters to email their Assembly members and urge them to vote “yes.” If approved by the Assembly, the bill […]

Two-Way Protected Bikeway on Cargo Way Nearly Complete

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 20, 2012 | 12 Comments

San Francisco’s first on-street, two-way protected bikeway is nearly complete, featuring bicycle traffic signals and green intersection bike markings. The bikeway, which is separated from motor vehicles by a fence and concrete median, provides a safer connection from Bayview and Hunter’s Point to Third Street and the north-south bike lanes on Illinois Street. “It’s exciting to […]

Construction Crews to Reduce Ped/Bike Hazards at 1844 Market

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 14, 2012 | 6 Comments

Last week, we wrote about a construction site on Market Street where bicycle commuters were forced into a traffic lane with trolley tracks and cars. The situation exemplified a lack of consideration for the safety of people walking and biking sometimes found at construction sites when enforcement of safety requirements is lacking. But the attention […]

During Construction, the Safety of People on Bikes Is Dispensable

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 8, 2012 | 25 Comments

We recently wrote about the benefits to bicycle riders that come from temporarily removing car parking at construction sites. But there are other times when construction can do just the opposite, throwing them into harm’s way. At the very same construction site at 1844 Market Street, where we pointed out that parking removal had improved […]

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