Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycle Safety

San Jose Proposes Better Bikeways East and West of Downtown

By Andrew Boone | Aug 4, 2014 | 8 Comments

On August 6 and 13, San Jose Department of Transportation officials will present plans to improve traffic safety on ten streets that its Bike Plan 2020 identifies as key links in the city’s proposed 500-mile bikeway network. The improvements include new striping for both conventional and buffered bike lanes, bike detection for traffic signals, sharrows, sidewalks and […]

Santa Clara County Still Plans to Widen Expressways, Despite Lower Traffic

By Andrew Boone | Jul 29, 2014 | 9 Comments

Santa Clara County is still operating under plans that assume it can build its way out of traffic congestion by adding more lanes of traffic, plus new overpasses and underpasses, to the county’s 62 miles of expressways — dangerous arterial roadways that were “upgraded” decades ago with freeway-like ramps and overpasses. This is in stark […]

San Jose Candidates Campaign, Pitch Public Safety at SJ Bike Party

By Andrew Boone | Jul 25, 2014 | 1 Comment

San Jose Mayor or City Council candidates Sam Liccardo, Raul Peralez, and Don Gagliardi all made appearances at last Friday’s San Jose Bike Party, pitching improvements to bicycling conditions on the city’s streets as integral to public safety. An estimated 2,500 Bike Partiers rolled out from Arena Green Park in downtown San Jose on the […]

Watch: ABC 7 Talks With Officials, Advocates Supporting Vision Zero

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 23, 2014 | 5 Comments

ABC 7 news anchor Cheryl Jennings talked to some of San Francisco’s key city officials and advocates about Vision Zero, the campaign to eliminate traffic deaths by 2024, on her show “Beyond the Headlines” Sunday. Pedestrian and bike safety was the theme of the half-hour show, during which Jennings interviewed SFMTA Director Ed Reiskin; the family of […]

Will San Mateo County Make Real Changes for a Safer Middlefield Road?

By Andrew Boone | Jun 27, 2014 | 1 Comment

Residents of North Fair Oaks have made it clear that they want a safer Middlefield Road with wider sidewalks, but San Mateo County has yet to commit to a redesign that could make a real difference on this important commercial street. On Tuesday, county officials presented the results of a community survey on the $12.5 […]

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