Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycle Parking

San Francisco Could Require Bicycle Access in Downtown Buildings

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 8, 2011 | 7 Comments

Commercial buildings in downtown San Francisco could be required to provide indoor bicycle parking accommodations under a proposal introduced at last week’s Board of Supervisors meeting. “One of the ways that we can really assure our bikes are safe from theft is to be able to bring them into our buildings,” said Supervisor John Avalos, […]

Peru’s Traffic Menagerie

By Chris Carlsson | Mar 28, 2011 | 1 Comment

Our daily urban lives shape our imaginations in so many ways. Few things box us in like our everyday transit options, and the patterns of traffic that shape our sense of public space. These patterns themselves are historical of course. A quick look back at the famous Market Street film shot a few days before […]

Three Bike Corrals Installed in the Richmond, Upper and Lower Haight

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 15, 2011 | 10 Comments

Bike corrals are a hot commodity in San Francisco. The SFMTA installed three within the last week: one in front of Rooky Ricardo’s Records in the Lower Haight, one in front of Braindrops Boutique in the Upper Haight, and the most recent in front of Green Apple Books on Clement Street in the Richmond. The […]

Eyes on the Street: SFMTA Installs Four New Bike Corrals

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 4, 2011 | 6 Comments

More city businesses and their cycling customers are enjoying new on-street bike parking after the SFMTA installed four recently approved corrals, repurposing four parking spots for motor vehicles with forty-six spots for bicycles. A total of nine have been installed since the bike injunction was lifted last August. “As you can see, it hasn’t even been a […]

SFMTA Approves Four New Bike Corrals

By Bryan Goebel | Nov 10, 2010 | 17 Comments

An SFMTA hearing officer has approved four new bike corrals that will be installed of front of Mike’s Bikes in SoMa, Timbuk2 in Hayes Valley, the Butler and the Chef restaurant in South Park and Thieves Tavern/Box Dog Bikes on 14th Street. A total of four parking spaces will be converted into on-street parking for […]

Eyes on the Street: On-Street Bike Parking Striped on Valencia Street

By Matthew Roth | May 11, 2010 | 15 Comments

The future home of the city’s newest on-street bicycle parking. Photos: Matthew Roth. Preparations began today for the installation of new on-street bicycle parking on Valencia Street in former bus zones, which were vacated when the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency terminated the 26-Valencia line. The SFMTA’s paint crews painted on-street bike parking spaces in […]

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