Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycle Safety

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SFMTA’s Traffic Calming Program Overwhelmed By Demand for Safer Streets

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 23, 2012 | 21 Comments

The demand for projects to calm motor traffic and improve safety on San Francisco streets is far greater than the SFMTA can currently handle. The agency says its Traffic Calming program lacks the staff and funding needed to address the overwhelming number of neighborhood requests for safer streets. As a result, many residents are left […]

Berkeley Enacts Law to Protect Bicyclists From Driver Harassment

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 21, 2012 | 30 Comments

Last week, Berkeley became the second American city to implement an anti-harassment law to protect bicycle riders and allow victims to sue offending drivers in civil court. The ordinance will be followed by an educational campaign later this year, and proponents hope it will garner greater respect towards people cycling on the city’s streets. “This […]

Is the Signal Timing Dangerous at the New Market/Church/14th Crosswalk?

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 10, 2012 | 25 Comments

The SFMTA opened a new crosswalk this week along Market Street across the three-way intersection with 14th and Church Streets, eliminating the need for people to cross in a longer two-step phase. The crosswalk, which comes as part of the ongoing Church and Duboce Track Improvement Project, was installed along with a new right-turn vehicle signal […]

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Driver Injures Bike Rider at Fell and Lyon Streets, No Citation Issued

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 27, 2012 | 29 Comments

A man was hit by a driver while riding his bike across Fell Street at Lyon Thursday night at approximately 9:40 pm. The victim, 25, appeared to have just entered the crosswalk from a pathway on the Panhandle when the driver, a 30-year-old woman, hit him from the side. Police said the victim was lucid […]

State Assembly Undermines Bill to Let California Cities Build Safer Bikeways

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 11, 2012 | 32 Comments

On Monday, the State Assembly Transportation Committee passed a watered down version of AB 819, the bill aimed at freeing California planners to install next-generation bikeway designs that other American cities are using to improve street safety and make cycling a more accessible mode of transportation. Assembly members undermined the bill’s original intent by removing […]

SFMTA Installs Red Light Camera at Fell and Masonic

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 3, 2012 | 141 Comments

Just before Christmas, the SFMTA installed a camera at the corner of Fell and Masonic on the Panhandle to help enforce the left-turn signal frequently violated by drivers. Dale Danley at the Panhandle Park Stewards blog first reported the new automated enforcement mechanism, as well as a crosswalk upgrade at the nearby Oak Street intersection. The red […]

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