Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycle Safety

Assembly Transportation Committee Schedules June 27 Vote on “Give Me 3”

By Bryan Goebel | Jun 22, 2011 | No Comments

Having already passed the Senate earlier this month, Senate Bill 910, the three-foot passing law, heads to its first Assembly hearing next Monday, June 27 at 1:30 P.M. If you can’t make it to Sacramento, you can listen to the hearing here, or follow L.A. Streetblog’s coverage on twitter. The Assembly Transportation Committee has three […]

SFMTA Directors Favor More Car Restrictions to Improve Market Street

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 7, 2011 | 16 Comments

The idea of getting more private automobiles off Market Street is gaining serious traction at the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA). Following the success of measures diverting cars off Market at 6th and 10th Streets, the SFMTA Board of Directors today showed a broad consensus favoring potential pilot projects that could further reduce the […]

Searching for Market Street’s True Identity

By Aaron Bialick | May 25, 2011 | 15 Comments

San Franciscans are dreaming big as Market Street’s transformation approaches in 2015, when the city’s most important street is scheduled to be redesigned and repaved. City planners are engaging with citizens to answer a century-old question: How can we make Market Street the glorious thoroughfare that it needs to be? Better Market Street, a collaborative project […]

Funds to Keep Bike Plan Projects Rolling Approved by Supes Committee

By Aaron Bialick | May 23, 2011 | 3 Comments

In post-bike injunction San Francisco, the SF Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) is gearing up to install some of the final bicycle projects held up in the Bike Plan for several years. The agency’s efforts will likely get another shot in the arm after a grant was approved today by the SF Board of Supervisors City […]

Mayor Asks CPMC for Money to Fund Transit, Ped Safety, But Is It Enough?

By Bryan Goebel | May 20, 2011 | 12 Comments

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee has sent a proposal to California Pacific Medial Center (CPMC) officials requesting more than $108 million to help mitigate the impacts of a proposed 555-bed hospital and office building on Cathedral Hill in the heart of a rich transit district and congested area that will be the future crossing point […]

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