Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycling

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San Francisco Needs to Get Out of the Car Storage Business

By Roger Rudick | Apr 28, 2016 | 35 Comments

Marco Salsiccia is a blind resident of the Sunset District. Last month, while stepping off an L-Taraval train at a stop without a boarding island, he got his cane stuck in the wheel well of a car as it illegally passed the train. His cane snapped in two. The motorist stopped briefly and then took […]

Proposed East Bay Bike-Share Sites Announced

By Melanie Curry | Apr 25, 2016 | 49 Comments

Note: This story has been corrected since it was originally posted. Thank you to sharp-eyed readers. Bay Area Bike Share released a map of proposed sites for bike-share stations in the East Bay today. Proposed sites for expansion into San Francisco and San Jose have already been released, but these are the first ones for […]

Eyes on the Street: Telegraph Avenue Gets Green Paint

By Melanie Curry | Apr 20, 2016 | 48 Comments

Telegraph Avenue in Oakland is finally getting its long-awaited separated bike lanes. Crews were out adding the first touches of green paint. In the next week or so, they will continue painting the section of Telegraph between 21st and 27th, Oakland’s first experiment with parking-separated bike lanes. Bike East Bay will have ambassadors on the […]

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Plans and Programs Committee Crunches Numbers on Street Improvements

By Roger Rudick | Apr 19, 2016 | No Comments

This morning in City Hall, SF County Supervisors London Breed, Mark Farrell, John Avalos, Aaron Peskin, and Katy Tang heard updates on bike and transit projects from the SF County Transportation Authority, SFMTA and Bay Area Bike Share (they also heard a bit from the usual public-meeting gadflies, but that goes without saying). With Tang […]

Planning for the Future of San Francisco’s Hub Neighborhood

By Roger Rudick | Apr 14, 2016 | 21 Comments

About a hundred planners, developers, neighbors, and interested citizens crowded into a conference room at One South Van Ness yesterday evening for a presentation from the San Francisco Planning Department on their plans for the area immediately around the intersection of Market and Van Ness, also known as the Hub. The Hub, of course, got its […]

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How to Get Vision Zero Working: a Talk with Walk SF’s Nicole Ferrara

By Roger Rudick | Apr 13, 2016 | 3 Comments

A little less than a week ago, Walk San Francisco held its fourth annual “Walk to Work Day” events. The idea is to get people more aware of the health benefits of walking. From Walk SF’s promotion: Walking at least 15 minutes of your commute counts! Start your healthy walking habit and get rewarded at one of the […]

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