Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycle Safety

Tonight: Tell the SFMTA What You Think About Its Proposal for a Safer Polk

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 25, 2013 | No Comments

Thanks to Lisa Ratner for shooting this video on Polk last Friday. This evening’s open house community meeting is your chance to tell the SFMTA what you think of its proposal for Polk Street, which, according to Supervisor David Chiu and SFMTA planners, will make the street safe enough for a broad range of San Franciscans to bike on. […]

Cyclist Injured on Polk Street Block Where Merchants Fought Protected Lane

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 22, 2013 | 130 Comments

On Friday at about 5 p.m., I came across a crash scene on Polk Street at Pine. A bicycle rider had been struck by a driver and thrown into another car, and he was being hauled away in a stretcher. As it happened, I was pedaling up Polk to meet with Lisa Ratner, a videographer, […]

The Sorry State of Caltrans’ Dumbarton Bridge and Bay Trail

By Andrew Boone | Jun 28, 2013 | 16 Comments

The Dumbarton Bridge, which connects Menlo Park in southern San Mateo County with Fremont in the East Bay, remains the only bridge that allows bicyclists and pedestrians to cross the San Francisco Bay from east to west, with an eight-foot wide path on its southern side. From the bridge, the path continues for three miles […]

SFCTA Board Approves Funding For Masonic, Second Street, and More

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 26, 2013 | 11 Comments

Federal funding for street redesigns on Masonic Avenue, Second Street, and other improvements was unanimously approved yesterday by the Board of Supervisors, acting as the board of the SF County Transportation Authority. The projects selected to receive a chunk of the regional One Bay Area grant also include a bike/ped path on Mansell Street in […]

Heinicke to SFMTA: Let’s Not Dilly-Dally With More Forced Turns on Market

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 25, 2013 | 28 Comments

In a continued push for a car-free Market Street, SFMTA board member Malcom Heinicke urged the agency to not waste time and money on phasing in more forced turn restrictions, instead calling for a full ban on private autos on lower Market. “It is my strong supposition that if we close Market altogether, say from […]

Belmont Council Member: “Cars Come First” on Deadly Ralston Avenue

By Andrew Boone | Jun 7, 2013 | 10 Comments

Belmont residents fed up with dangerous conditions from speeding drivers on Ralston Avenue have launched an online petition with nearly 600 signatures so far, calling on the city council to implement safety improvements. But proponents of safer streets apparently can’t count on support from Belmont City Council Member Coralin Feierbach, who voiced her opposition to bike lanes and […]

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