Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycle Safety

Good Roads?

By Chris Carlsson | Feb 12, 2009 | 1 Comment

I just finished an interesting journey that took me to the World Social Forum at the mouth of the Amazon River system in Belem, Brazil, and then to Los Angeles and finally home, just in time to attend a presentation last night at CounterPULSE of Rick Prelinger’s Lost Landscapes III. The show consists of rare […]

Eyes On the Street: When a Cop Blocks a Bike Lane

By Bryan Goebel | Feb 11, 2009 | 12 Comments

An SFPD motorcycle parked in the bike lane on Market Street between 8th and 9th. San Francisco’s Traffic Code states that a motorcycle officer or the driver of any other emergency vehicle is allowed to park in a bike lane when "engaged in emergency services." California code is a little less clear but Streetsblog tipster […]

DIY Safety Aids No Bike Injunction Can Stop

By Matthew Roth | Feb 10, 2009 | 1 Comment

Until the city certifies its Draft Environmental Impact Report in a few months and Judge Busch lifts the bicycle injunction, we have to get more resourceful about maintaining our safety as cyclists. Mykle Systems Labs has fabricated a speed vest that shows a cyclist’s speed to vehicles that approach from behind. It both increases visibility […]

Market/Octavia Debate: Safety by Numbers or Safety in Numbers?

By Matthew Roth | Jan 23, 2009 | 6 Comments

A blue bike lane in Copenhagen. Though Superior Court Judge Peter J. Busch ruled the MTA will not get an immediate exemption to the bike injunction to remove the eastbound segment of the bike lane at Market and Octavia because he didn’t think an “adequate case has been made that there’s a public safety crisis,” […]

Market/Octavia Bike Lane Will Stay for Now

By Bryan Goebel | Jan 22, 2009 | 18 Comments

In a ruling cheered by bicycle advocates, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Peter J. Busch today rejected the MTA’s request to modify the bike injunction to allow the removal of the eastbound Market Street bike lane and concrete island at Octavia Boulevard, the city’s most dangerous intersection for bicyclists. "The question that confronts me in […]

Judge Issues Partial Tentative Ruling on Request to Modify Bike Injunction

By Bryan Goebel | Jan 21, 2009 | 1 Comment

A San Francisco judge, in a tentative ruling issued this afternoon, agreed to a portion of the city attorney’s request (PDF) to modify the bike injunction to "enhance markings on already existing bike lanes," but will move forward with a hearing tomorrow before deciding on an MTA plan to remove a portion of the eastbound […]

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