Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycle Safety

Bikes Are Not Cars: Why California Needs an “Idaho Stop” Law

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 20, 2012 | 72 Comments

If you follow just about any major media coverage of street etiquette and safety, by now you’ve probably seen a piece vilifying people on bikes for “running” stop signs. But hop on a bike yourself, and you’ll start to see why safely rolling and yielding at stop signs makes sense. The stop sign law in […]

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Learning From Other Cities, Planners Shop Early Visions for Market Street

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 18, 2012 | 13 Comments

Planners presented early concepts for a new Market Street to the public yesterday, moving the discussion forward on revitalizing San Francisco’s grand boulevard with features like car-free zones, raised bike lanes, faster transit, and more inviting public spaces. The ideas and visualizations, which are available on the Better Market Street website, were presented by planners […]

How Long Did This Driver Park in a Bike Lane? A Case Study

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 17, 2012 | 56 Comments

Contrary to what the name implies, bike lanes in San Francisco have cars in them all the time. Presumably, a car left with blinking hazard lights on means the driver is just “running in for a minute,” as if to minimize the impact of endangering people on bicycles. Maybe, after biking into traffic around one […]

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8th St. Buffered Bike Lane a Step Up, But When Will SoMa Really Feel Safe?

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 13, 2012 | 24 Comments

A new buffered bike lane was striped on 8th Street last week, re-purposing a traffic lane for bicycles on one of SoMa’s fast, one-way motorways. The new configuration, which removes bicyclists from the door zone and provides a much wider lane, is an improvement over the four speed-inducing traffic lanes and skinny bike lane that […]

SFMTA Adds More Green Treatments to Bike Lane Merging Zones

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 22, 2012 | 6 Comments

The SFMTA recently added green paint to increase the visibility of bike lanes around the city at five intersections where drivers merge across bicycle traffic. The SF Bicycle Coalition’s Flickr page features the new treatments at the intersections of Division and 9th Streets, Grove and Polk Streets, and the Embarcadero at Bryant Street. The SFBC […]

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On the Horizon: A Car-Free Market Street With Raised, Protected Bike Lanes

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 21, 2012 | 12 Comments

Note: The Better Market Street Project will hold two public workshops on July 17 and 21, where you can provide feedback on the proposed concepts. The future of lower Market Street seems more likely than ever to be unencumbered by cars, freeing up space for effective transit and raised, protected bicycle lanes. The latest update [PDF] on the […]

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