Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycle Safety

Why Sharrows Don’t Cut it: Even SF Bike Safety Instructor Bert Hill Got Hit

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 11, 2014 | 216 Comments

When a driver rear-ended Bert Hill, he was using all of the safe bicycling techniques in the book — after all, he’s one of the most heavily-consulted bike safety instructors in San Francisco. Hill even had a major role in the SFMTA’s new video for Muni drivers on how to share the streets with people on bikes. […]

ABC 7: Our Drivers Won’t Follow CA’s 3-Ft Bike Passing Law, So Why Bother?

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 10, 2014 | 18 Comments

ABC 7 is back with another blurry watercolor painting of street safety issues — this time, setting sights on California’s new 3-foot bicycle passing law. ABC reporter Dan Noyes went to great lengths to film real-world examples of the issue, setting up a camera to film passing bike commuters and drivers on Market Street, and drawing […]

Belmont Council Calls Car-Centric Ralston Corridor Study “Balanced”

By Andrew Boone | Apr 18, 2014 | No Comments

A study of Ralston Avenue in Belmont recommends easing the way for cut-through car traffic while shunting cyclists onto indirect routes — and the City Council seems to think that’s just fine. The Belmont City Council decided last Tuesday that more public input on the draft Ralston Corridor Study is needed before the plan is […]

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SFMTA Announces 24 Vision Zero Bike/Ped Projects for Next 24 Months

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 11, 2014 | 26 Comments

At this morning’s Walk to Work Day press conference, SFMTA Director Ed Reiskin announced a plan to implement 24 bike and pedestrian safety projects over the next 24 months [PDF]. This is the most concrete safety plan unveiled so far, ever since city leaders pledged to pursue Vision Zero. The projects (listed below) include bulb-outs, […]

Highway Safety Projects Ineligible for Highway Funds in San Mateo County

By Andrew Boone | Apr 11, 2014 | 6 Comments

San Mateo County’s Mid-Coast Multi-Modal Trail just barely made it into the list of Pedestrian and Bicycle Program projects approved for funding by the Transportation Authority (TA)’s Board of Directors last Thursday. Despite this step forward, building the trail will be difficult thanks in large part to restrictions on how TA funds can be spent, which […]

Atherton’s Bike/Ped Plan Calls for Safer El Camino Real and Bike Boulevard

By Andrew Boone | Apr 2, 2014 | 12 Comments

The Atherton Town Council this afternoon will review a draft of its first ever bicycle and pedestrian plan, which it crafted over the past eight months with resident input. The plan has attracted little notice, even though it calls for safety redesigns on major streets like El Camino Real, Middlefield Road, and Marsh Road. The plan’s primary goals are […]

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