Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycle Plan

The Day Has Come: Judge Busch Lifts San Francisco’s Bike Injunction!

By Bryan Goebel | Aug 6, 2010 | 15 Comments

After four long years, a San Francisco judge this afternoon lifted the city’s longstanding bicycle injunction, overruling the objections of Rob Anderson and his attorney, Mary Miles. Here’s the ruling (PDF), and here’s the press release from City Attorney Dennis Herrera: San Francisco Superior Court Judge Peter J. Busch issued an order late this afternoon […]

Wait Continues as Proposed Final Orders Filed in Bike Injunction Case

By Bryan Goebel | Jul 7, 2010 | 5 Comments

Could the long legal road be over soon in SF’s bike injunction case? Photo: Myleen Holero, Orange Photography The attorneys on both sides in San Francisco’s four-year-old bike injunction saga have filed their proposed orders with Judge Peter J. Busch, documents he requested at a recent hearing that will inform his final decision on whether […]

The Legal Delays Continue in San Francisco’s Bike Injunction Saga

By Bryan Goebel | Jun 22, 2010 | 74 Comments

Rob Anderson, the man who stopped San Francisco’s Bike Plan, and his attorney, Mary Miles, leave the courthouse after today’s hearing. Photo: Bryan Goebel Without playing his hand, a San Francisco Superior Court judge today gave the attorneys involved in Rob Anderson’s lawsuit against San Francisco’s Bike Plan three weeks to draft orders for how […]

Judge Poses Questions to Attorneys on Eve of Final Bike Injunction Hearing

By Bryan Goebel | Jun 21, 2010 | 7 Comments

All eyes will be on the courthouse tomorrow for some hint of when the bike injunction will be lifted. Photo: Mansley On the eve of what bicyclists, advocates and SFMTA officials hope will be the final hearing to consider fully lifting the city’s bike injunction, a San Francisco judge issued a list of questions for […]

Judge Will Consider Lifting Bike Injunction at Hearing Next Month

By Michael Rhodes | May 26, 2010 | 21 Comments

Brand new green bike lanes on Market Street, one of the "innovative treatments" Judge Busch allowed under the partial lifting of the bike Injunction. The city hopes to get the green light on its full Bike Plan next month. Photo: Bryan Goebel It’s been nearly four years since a court injunction stopped virtually any bike […]

Richmond Seeks Community Input on Bicycle and Pedestrian Plans

By Matthew Roth | May 14, 2010 | 1 Comment

Photo: Jeremy Brooks While San Francisco’s battle to implement its Bicycle Plan has generated national press attention, cities like Richmond in the East Bay have been quietly developing bicycle and pedestrian plans, hoping to reduce high rates of injury collisions between pedestrians, cyclists, and motor vehicles. In Richmond this week and next, the city is […]

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