Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycling

Feds to Traffic Engineers: Use Our Money to Build Protected Bike Lanes

By Angie Schmitt | | No Comments
The Federal Highway Administration wants to clear the air: Yes, state and local transportation agencies should use federal money to construct high-quality biking and walking infrastructure. State and local DOTs deploy an array of excuses to avoid building designs like protected bike lanes. “It’s not in the manual” is a favorite. So is “the feds won’t fund that.” Whether […]

SFMTA Approves 2nd Street Protected Bike Lane Redesign, Ponders Car Bans

By Aaron Bialick | | 35 Comments
The SFMTA Board of Directors yesterday unanimously approved a redesign of Second Street which will remove traffic lanes and add safety upgrades like raised, protected bike lanes and sidewalk extensions. After years of delay, SFMTA Board members and some attendees at the meeting said it may not go far enough, and that the agency should consider car restrictions […]

SFPD’s Sanford Explains His Evolving Views on Bicycling and Traffic Priorities

By Aaron Bialick | | 85 Comments
John Sanford rode a bicycle yesterday for the first time in an untold number of years. Then, he sat down for nearly two hours to have an insightful discussion with a couple of his staunchest critics. Streetsblog’s recorded interview with Sanford is posted at the bottom of this article. The new-ish captain of SFPD’s Park […]

Record-Breaking Bike Traffic on Market Street Neared 100,000 in July

By Aaron Bialick | | 2 Comments
Record-breaking bicycle traffic on Market Street nearly broke the 100,000 threshold in July, according to the bike counter on SF’s most heavily-pedaled thoroughfare. Last month, 99,461 people were counted in the bike lane on eastbound Market at Ninth Street, topping the previous record of 97,302 in March. The record for daily bike counts was also set in April […]

Avalos Proposes Ordinance Urging SFPD to Let Cyclists Yield at Stop Signs

By Aaron Bialick | | 51 Comments
Supervisor John Avalos plans to introduce a policy urging the SFPD to let people on bikes treat stop signs as yield signs. It could legitimize the safe, practical maneuver already practiced by the vast majority of people on bikes, which is legal in Idaho. While SF can’t supersede the state’s flawed stop sign law, Avalos’ ordinance would set a “San Francisco […]
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