Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycle Parking

SF Plans to Act Quickly on Bike Projects When Injunction is Lifted

By Matthew Roth | Oct 29, 2009 | 2 Comments

The SFMTA is already surveying locations where bike racks have been requested and plans to add 750 racks as soon as the injunction is lifted. Photo: Dave Snyder. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and MTA Chief Nat Ford have made repeated promises that they will act swiftly to build out large segments of the city’s […]

Streetfilms: NYC Bike Lanes 101

By Elizabeth Press | Oct 20, 2009 | 4 Comments

In some cities people are so desperate for bike lanes they’ll mark their own. Elizabeth Press of Streetfilms in New York City, on the other hand, had this to say about the work the NYC Department of Transportation has been doing in her city: "It feels like every time I get on my bike there […]

It’s Time to Reclaim the Curb: Celebrate PARK(ing) Day Friday!

By Bryan Goebel | Sep 17, 2009 | 1 Comment

PARK(ing) Day 2008. Flickr photo: plaid iguana Tomorrow’s (PARK)ing Day festivities in San Francisco are likely to be much grander than in years past, with dozens of locations mapped out across the city as spots where metered parking spaces will be transformed into temporary public parks, and other uses, for people, instead of automobiles. Temporary […]

Bike Capacity to Increase on Capitol Corridor Trains

By Bryan Goebel | Sep 10, 2009 | 8 Comments

Flickr photo: Cheryl and Rich Caltrans and the Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority (CCJPA) have announced an increase in bicycle capacity on the nation’s third-busiest Amtrak line, which serves 16 stations spanning eight Northern California counties, after a survey of riders found that nearly nine percent, or 150,000, of its estimated 1.7 million annual rail […]

Can SF Improve Upon New York’s Bicycle Access Bill?

By Dave Snyder | Aug 3, 2009 | 4 Comments

Flickr photo: kate at yr own risk Now that the New York City Council has approved a Bicycle Access Bill requiring commercial buildings to allow bicyclists entry, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition is ready to push for a San Francisco version of the requirement "by the end of the year." New York’s bill, which is […]

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