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SF’s First Parking-Protected Bike Lane Outside a Park Opens on 13th Street

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 14, 2015 | 38 Comments

SF’s first parking-protected bike lane outside of Golden Gate Park is open for business on 13th Street. The lane runs westbound on 13th, connecting existing bike lanes between Bryant Street and Folsom Street, underneath the Central Freeway. The new bike lane runs along the curb with a buffer zone separation from parked cars, which provide protection from motor traffic. SFMTA […]

New SFMTA Safe Driving Video Is Required Viewing for City Truckers

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 9, 2015 | 8 Comments

The SFMTA has produced the city’s first training video to teach truck and bus drivers safe urban driving practices and highlight the extra care needed to operate in close proximity to people walking and biking on city streets. The video will be required viewing for all truck and bus drivers employed or contracted by the city, as well as companies […]

Aaron Peskin Consulted With Polk Street Bike Lane Opponents on Lawsuit

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 2, 2015 | 29 Comments

District 3 supervisor candidate Aaron Peskin provided consultation for Polk Street bike lane opponents earlier this year on filing a lawsuit over the street’s redesign. Despite his recently-declared support for full bike lanes along Polk, Peskin confirmed his one-time involvement with Save Polk Street, a group of merchants which has fiercely opposed protected bike lanes to preserve […]

Protected Bike Lanes 7 Times More Effective Than Painted Ones, Survey Says

By Michael Andersen | Sep 2, 2015 | 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. We all know that if your goal is to get meaningful numbers of people to ride bicycles, protected bike lanes are better than conventional ones painted into a door zone. But how […]

How Many People Will Get Hurt If the Masonic Redesign Gets Delayed Again?

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 31, 2015 | 17 Comments

Another sorely-needed street safety redesign could be threatened by neighbors protesting the replacement of trees, even though, when all is said and done, the number of trees in the project area will double. The overhaul of deadly Masonic Avenue could be delayed or altered if the SF Board of Appeals upholds an appeal against tree removal permits at […]

SFBC, 3 Supervisors Say Law Should Let Cyclists Treat Stops as “Yield” Signs

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 24, 2015 | 5 Comments

The SF Bicycle Coalition announced its “unfettered support” today for a “Bike Yield Law” that would enable cyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs and cautiously roll through when there is no cross-traffic. Until now, the SFBC has had no official position on the stop sign law, focusing instead on the message that police enforcement of bicycle riders who […]

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