Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycle Plan

Bicycling Magazine Ranks San Francisco 6th Best Cycling City Nationally

By Matthew Roth | Apr 6, 2010 | 9 Comments

Streetsblog Editor Bryan Goebel, Board of Supervisors President David Chiu, and SFBC’s Leah Shahum riding downtown on Bike to Work Day. Photo dustinj San Francisco today was named the sixth best city in the nation for cycling by editors of Bicycling Magazine, the best ranking of any city in California. Bicycling editors chose San Francisco […]

Eyes on the Street: Market and 10th Get New Bike Lane Design

By Matthew Roth | Mar 11, 2010 | 9 Comments

Photos: Matthew Roth After experimenting with one configuration for soft-hit posts for a few weeks along Market Street approaching 10th Street, the MTA has changed the configuration to give cyclists more room in approaching the intersection. The new soft hit posts extend from just before the intersection at 11th Street and Market up to 10th […]

New Pedicab Policy in San Francisco Invites New Routes and Businesses

By Matthew Roth | Feb 4, 2010 | 5 Comments

Golden Gate Pedicab company co-founder Justin Bruce in front of his new office on 4th Street. Photo: Matthew Roth Expect to see twice as many pedicabs on the streets this weekend in San Francisco. If you’re counting, that amounts to a modest addition of 15 bicycle taxis. After several months of negotiations, a San Francisco […]

California Bicycle Advocates Debate Statewide Legislative Agenda

By Dave Snyder | Jan 15, 2010 | 24 Comments

The SFBC will try again to protect bicyclists and pedestrians at Market & Octavia by permitting camera enforcement against illegal right turns. With a deadline for filing bills in the Legislature for 2010 fast approaching, the California Bicycle Coalition and local advocates are debating what this year’s statewide agenda should be. The San Francisco Bicycle […]

San Francisco Converts Some Bus Zones on Terminated Lines to Parking

By Matthew Roth | Jan 12, 2010 | 16 Comments

Photos: Matthew Roth The San Francisco MTA has an interesting decision to make with bus zones throughout the city now that a number of bus routes were changed or terminated with the service reductions that went into effect on December 5th, 2009. Will the city open the curb space up to cars, potentially adding meters […]

Eyes on the Street: Work on Clipper Street Bike Lane Starts

By Bryan Goebel | Dec 18, 2009 | 4 Comments

Photos by Streetsblog tipster Nick DPT crews have begun striping a new bike lane on Clipper Street between Douglass Street and Portola Drive. Streetsblog tipster Nick sent us these photos of the work, which is expected to take a week to complete, according to Damon Curtis of the MTA’s bike program. Nick points out that […]

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