Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycle Safety

New Video Teaches Muni Drivers How to Share the Streets With Cyclists

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 6, 2013 | 7 Comments

The SFMTA and the SF Bicycle Coalition recently teamed up to produce a training video that teaches Muni operators about safe practices when sharing the road with bicycle riders. “Muni drivers help set the tone of the street for everyone, so it is especially important that they have the skills to lead by example,” said SFBC […]

SFMTA Drops Protected Bike Lane Proposals for Most of Polk Street

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 29, 2013 | 129 Comments

The SF Municipal Transportation Agency has taken protected bike lanes off the table for 14 of 20 blocks of Polk Street under its latest design options [PDF]. The agency, it seems, has backed down from making bicycling on Polk safe enough for a broader range of San Franciscans, in order to placate merchants who have vociferously […]

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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, […]

Third Iteration of 3-Foot Bike Passing Bill Heads to Assembly Committee

By Damien Newton | Apr 19, 2013 | No Comments

The pomp and circumstance for the most recent effort to mandate a 3-feet passing distance for cars overtaking bicyclists is noticeably more quiet than the past two years. Whatever the reason, perhaps cyclists aren’t willing to get their hopes up again after Governor Jerry Brown’s two incoherent veto messages in 2012 and 2011, the statewide […]

Eyes on the Street: New Bike Markings and Crosswalks at Market/Octavia

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 15, 2013 | 4 Comments

The SFMTA installed some green-backed bike stencils and upgraded ladder-style crosswalks at Market Street and Octavia Boulevard, the intersection that sees the most pedestrian and bicycle injuries in San Francisco. Mark Dreger and I were pleasantly surprised to stumble upon the improvements yesterday while riding home from an awesome Sunday Streets in the Mission. The […]

Video: Geico (Partially) Blames This Cyclist for Getting Doored

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 11, 2013 | 121 Comments

California Vehicle Code 22517 is clear: “No person shall open the door of a vehicle on the side available to moving traffic unless it is reasonably safe to do so and can be done without interfering with the movement of such traffic.” But in the view of Geico Car Insurance, which insures the driver who, […]

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