Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycle Plan

Judge Busch’s Ruling on Whether to Lift Bike Injunction Imminent

By Bryan Goebel | Nov 12, 2009 | No Comments

The moment San Francisco bicyclists and advocates have been waiting for for more than three years is expected any day now: a ruling on whether to lift the bike injunction. Despite indications the ordeal could drag on through spring, there is some optimism Judge Peter J. Busch will unlock the legal handcuffs and allow the […]

SF Transportation Authority Launches iPhone App to Track Cyclists

By Matthew Roth | Nov 12, 2009 | 31 Comments

The San Francisco County Transportation Authority (TA), the city’s congestion management agency responsible for modeling transportation and development patterns, has released its new bicycle route data application, Cycle Tracks, for iPhones and GPS-enabled iTunes players at the iTunes store. Like similar applications that give information such as speed and distance traveled, users of the TA […]

City Files List of Bike Projects Likely in First Year After Injunction is Lifted

By Michael Rhodes | Nov 6, 2009 | 5 Comments

Flickr photo: Thomas Hawk The city plans to paint bike lanes in 22 locations within the first year after the Bike Plan injunction is lifted, all of which would be reversible upon a court order, according to a filing [PDF] by the City’s Attorney’s office today. At a hearing on lifting the three-year-old injunction on […]

Judge Busch Could Block New Bike Lanes Through March 2010

By Michael Rhodes | Nov 2, 2009 | 66 Comments

Judge Busch could partially lift the injunction for now, allowing the city to paint sharrows but not bike lanes. Flickr photo: BikePortland.org The injunction that has hung like a pall over San Francisco’s efforts to improve bicycle infrastructure for the city’s growing number of bicyclists will remain for at least another ten days, and could […]

Judge Busch Delays Decision on Lifting SF Bike Injunction

By Bryan Goebel | Nov 2, 2009 | 7 Comments

A San Francisco judge today delayed a decision on lifting the city’s three-year-old bike injunction, and instead ordered both parties to submit briefs by November 12th on his authority to lift the injunction, and then reverse it, if he later determines at a separate hearing that the exhaustive 2,000 page document is not adequate, although […]

Eyes on the Street: San Francisco Gets First New Bike Lanes in Three Years

By Michael Rhodes | Oct 29, 2009 | 28 Comments

Heading down the 19th Avenue mixed-use bike path (south) into campus. Photo: Randall Orr Surprise! San Francisco has its first new bike lanes in three years, five days before a scheduled court hearing on lifting the bicycle injunction. The new bike lanes are part of the 19th Avenue mixed-use path, Project 8.1 in the Bike […]

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