Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycle Plan

MTA Board Votes to Approve EIR and Bike Plan

By Bryan Goebel | Jun 26, 2009 | 7 Comments

In a decision advocates hailed as a victory for bicyclists in San Francisco, the MTA Board of Directors voted uaninmously this afternoon to approve the EIR and adopt the Bike Plan, legislating 45 of the 56 priority projects, which will add about 34 miles of new bike lanes in the city. A crowd of bicyclists […]

MTA Hearing on Bike Plan Packed, Mayor to Hold Presser at 3 pm

By Matthew Roth and Bryan Goebel | Jun 26, 2009 | 6 Comments

Bicyclists waiting to testify outside MTAB meeting. The MTA Board is just hours away from finally approving the Bike Plan, and is currently hearing testimony from 200 supporters — a cross section of cyclists including business and home owners, mothers with children, families, and people with disabilities — who were organized by the San Francisco […]

Planning Commission Votes Unanimously to Certify Bike Plan EIR

By Matthew Roth | Jun 25, 2009 | 6 Comments

After three years of waiting, three years without a single bicycle infrastructure improvement in San Francisco, the Planning Commission tonight unanimously certified the Bike Plan EIR, the first step necessary to lift the bicycle injunction. "We are so thrilled and relieved. This was a big step forward to getting the bike plan back on track," […]

Meeting to Certify Bike Plan EIR Tonight, Red Tape Likely to Follow

By Matthew Roth | Jun 25, 2009 | 19 Comments

Photo: SFBC The meeting San Francisco bicycle advocates and commuters have been waiting three years for, the first of several steps required to lift the bike injunction, will take take place at City Hall Room 400 at 6:30 pm tonight. SFBC Executive Director Leah Shahum said, “This will be a win-win for San Francisco. Improving […]

Mayor Newsom Shows Strong Support for Bike Plan

By Matthew Roth | Jun 23, 2009 | No Comments

Just over the transom, Mayor Gavin Newsom last month sent letters to the Planning Commission, MTA Chief Nat Ford, and the MTA Board of Directors showing strong support for the bike plan, which he urges them to move forward post-haste [respectively, PDF, PDF, PDF]. In all three letters he reiterates the role of bicycles in […]

After Three Years, SF Bike Injunction is Closer to Being Lifted

By Bryan Goebel | Jun 22, 2009 | 18 Comments

Flickr photo: dustinj Three years after a judge prohibited any bicycle improvements in San Francisco, the MTA Board and the Planning Commission are expected to finally approve and adopt the EIR and the Bike Plan this week, and legislate at least 45 of the 56 projects, which could bring up to 34 miles of new […]

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