Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycle Plan

SFMTA Extends Howard Bike Lane to Embarcadero But Leaves a Gap

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 19, 2012 | 12 Comments

SoMa’s westbound bike lane on Howard Street was extended east to the Embarcadero last week, creating a link from the waterfront to 11th Street. However, the SF Municipal Transportation Agency apparently left a gap on the block between Main and Beale Streets, where Howard passes the temporary Transbay Terminal. According to tipster Hank Hodes, the SFMTA […]

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SFMTA Adds Markings to Guide Cyclists Across Tracks at 17th and Church

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 16, 2012 | 11 Comments

The SF Municipal Transportation Agency is testing out new street markings to help cyclists safely negotiate hairy intersections where bike routes and rail tracks meet. The SFMTA added guidance markings this week to the intersection of 17th and Church Streets, where the 17th Street bike lane meets Muni’s F-Market and J-Church streetcar lines. Car parking spots near the corners […]

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DPW Begins Work on Market/Valencia Left-Turn Bike Signal

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 14, 2012 | 10 Comments

Construction has begun on a left-turn bicycle traffic signal and queuing lane that will help bicycle riders turn on to Valencia Street from westbound Market Street, according to the SF Department of Public Works. Originally expected to begin last month, work on the project started yesterday, said DPW spokesperson Rachel Gordon, and it should be […]

SFMTA Adds Green Treatments, Posts to Eastern Cesar Chavez Bike Lanes

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 4, 2012 | 9 Comments

The SF Municipal Transportation Agency added “safe-hit” posts and dashed green pavement treatments to the bike lanes on eastern Cesar Chavez Street this week between Vermont and Pennsylvania streets. The new additions should improve the sense of separation, safety and visibility for people using the bike lanes, which were installed this spring. The bike lanes replaced […]

Gov. Brown Denies Cyclists “3,” But Signs Two Bills Boosting Bike Lanes

By Damien Newton | Oct 1, 2012 | No Comments

For the second year in a row, California Governor Jerry Brown issued a last-minute veto of legislation mandating a minimum three-foot distance for motor vehicles to pass cyclists. However, two other bills making it easier for cities to implement bike lanes got the governor’s signature, albeit in watered-down form: AB 2245, which exempts bike lanes from excessive […]

Left-Turn Bicycle Lane and Signal Coming to Market and Valencia Next Month

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 26, 2012 | 7 Comments

Construction will begin in October on a fix for the dangerous turn for bicyclists from Market onto Valencia Streets, according to city planners. As Streetsblog reported last June, a plan [PDF] to install a left-turn bicycle queue lane and traffic signal at the intersection was approved in the SF Bike Plan, but it was unknown […]

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