Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycling

More Californians Are Commuting by Bike

By Melanie Curry | Mar 8, 2016 | No Comments

The Alliance for Biking and Walking just published its 2016 Benchmarking Report, which ranks states and cities on key statistics including the percentage of people commuting by bike. Every biannual report is a little bit different, as states develop their data collection and the Alliance is better able to compare statistics across fields. California’s bike commute mode […]

Legislative Update: CalBike Agenda for 2016

By Melanie Curry | Mar 3, 2016 | No Comments

The California Bicycle Coalition, aka CalBike, continues to push for increasing funding for the Active Transportation Program, which currently receives $120 million per year. The bike coalition wants the state to add $100 million to the program, which sounds like a lot but is roughly one percent of the total transportation budget—even though bike and […]

Bike Counts Rising Fast at Automated Counters Around the World

By Michael Andersen | Mar 2, 2016 | No Comments

Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. The battle to make biking a viable transportation or recreation choice for more people is fought mostly at the local level: a protected bike lane here, a BMX course there, a new […]

Are Outdated Regulations Holding Back Safety Changes on Market?

By Roger Rudick | Mar 1, 2016 | 21 Comments

Today, advocates for livable streets attended the memorial service for Thu Phan, a woman killed in a crosswalk on Market Street on February 5. Yesterday Streetsblog urged SFMTA to stop compromising on safety improvements, a theme echoed at the event. “In the first two months of 2016, five people have already died in traffic crashes […]

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Trains Boats and Bikes: Sonoma-Marin Rail and Bike Path Update

By Roger Rudick | Feb 26, 2016 | 25 Comments

Streetsblog was given a tour of the southernmost segment of the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) project, which is currently doing finishing work and testing on the initial 43 miles of line, running from near Sonoma County Airport to downtown San Rafael. SMART is re-purposing the historic Northwestern Pacific Railroad corridor, an old 70-mile rail […]

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SFMTA Rolls out New Green Bike Lane and Program for Planning Talent

By Roger Rudick | Feb 22, 2016 | 8 Comments

As cyclists who use Page Street know all too well, there’s a tendency for motorists to jam up at the intersection with Octavia as they head to 101. And despite improvements and some traffic calming measures, it still turns into a bit of a mash up around the intersection, with cyclists trying to thread through […]

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