Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycle Plan

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Long-Delayed Polk Contra-Flow Protected Bike Lane Jumpstarted by DPW

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 31, 2014 | 31 Comments

In a surprising development, the Department of Public Works broke ground today on a contra-flow, protected bike lane on the two southernmost blocks of Polk Street, from Market to Grove Streets (at City Hall), which are currently one-way southbound. By Bike to Work Day, two of the city’s busiest bicycling streets are expected to be […]

Video: A Dutch Perspective on U.S. Cycling Infra

By Brad Aaron | Jun 20, 2013 | No Comments

SF editor’s note: This video features plenty of examples of San Francisco’s stressful bicycling streets — the kind that the SFMTA hopes to transform in its Bicycle Strategy. The agency has determined that only 10 percent of the city’s bike network is “comfortable for most people.” Last December I traveled to Amsterdam for the first time. […]

SFMTA Board Backs Full Bike Strategy Build-Out, Though Funding Still Missing

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 19, 2013 | 22 Comments

The SFMTA Board of Directors voiced strong support yesterday for pursuing the most ambitious vision laid out in the agency’s draft Bicycle Strategy, which calls for a system of safe, comfortable bikeways that could elevate the level of cycling in San Francisco to levels seen in cities like Copenhagen and Amsterdam. Where the funding to […]

SFMTA Installs Bike Lanes on Point Lobos and Northern Great Highway

By Aaron Bialick | May 13, 2013 | 17 Comments

The SFMTA installed bike lanes this weekend on the Great Highway, north of Fulton Street at Golden Gate Park. The Great Highway continues as Point Lobos Avenue as it runs by the Cliff House. The bike lanes are buffered from motor traffic on some stretches, and two of the four traffic lanes on Point Lobos […]

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Spot-By-Spot, or Route-By-Route? SFMTA Refines Its Bicycle Strategy

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 19, 2013 | 53 Comments

The SF Municipal Transportation Agency is pondering the most effective way to improve the city’s bicycle network in the coming years as it rolls out its Bicycle Strategy: Should planners focus bicycle improvements on dangerous and stressful spots throughout the city, or focus on upgrading major bike corridors to the highest quality of comfort first? Tim Papandreou, […]

Letter From London: What a Mayoral Commitment to Cycling Looks Like

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 8, 2013 | 1 Comment

A few weeks after SF Mayor Ed Lee displayed a total lack of commitment to the city’s Bike Strategy, London Mayor Boris Johnson has announced an aggressive $1.3 billion plan for a comprehensive bike network, including protected bike lanes. Streetsblog NYC‘s Stephen Miller reports: “Cycling will be treated not as niche, marginal, or an afterthought, but […]

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