Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycling

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Wiggle Safety Upgrades Delayed Over Turn Bans to Reduce Thru Traffic

By Aaron Bialick | May 13, 2015 | 19 Comments

Improvements that would make the Wiggle calmer and safer have been delayed after continued driver protests against three left turn bans on Divisadero Street proposed as part of the project. Approval of the project was removed from the SFMTA Board of Directors’ Tuesday agenda and postponed until June. Hoodline reported that some members of the Lower […]

San Jose to Adopt Vision Zero But No Target Date to End Traffic Deaths

By Andrew Boone | May 11, 2015 | 3 Comments

The San Jose City Council is expected to adopt a Vision Zero plan [PDF] tomorrow, making it the third major city in the Bay Area and the tenth in the nation to commit to ending traffic deaths. But San Jose isn’t setting a timeline to achieve this goal. “For years, San Jose created a roadway system exclusively for […]

Video Shows Driver Attempting to Ram SFSU Lecturer on Bike

By Aaron Bialick | May 8, 2015 | 20 Comments

Last night, Anthony Ryan was biking home from his job as a lecturer on fine arts at SF State University when he was nearly rammed by a motorist on Phelan Avenue. Ryan says the driver tried to door him and run him over multiple times. He posted footage taken by another driver showing the end of the encounter, when the assailant attempted to […]

Honolulu’s First Protected Bike Lane Cuts Sidewalk Biking 65 Percent

By Michael Andersen | May 7, 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. A few months after Honolulu opened its first protected bike lane, it’s the latest to demonstrate a very consistent trend across the country: Almost every protected bike lane immediately cuts sidewalk biking […]

Salt Lake City to Install Nation’s First Protected Intersection for Bicycling

By Angie Schmitt | May 6, 2015 | No Comments

Salt Lake City is on track to implement America’s first protected intersection for bicycling this summer. The intersection design is based on a Dutch template that minimizes potential conflicts between people biking, driving, and walking. For example, it allows cyclists to make a left turn in two stages without crossing against oncoming car traffic. It will be part of […]

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Three-Bike Bus Racks on Muni: A Solution for Late-Night Transit Woes?

By Aaron Bialick | May 5, 2015 | 22 Comments

Muni is testing front-mounted bike racks that can carry three bicycles (instead of the usual two) on some of its most hilly bus routes. If implemented widely, that third bike space could prevent some late-night travelers from getting “bumped” when racks fill up. Bike capacity on transit is particularly important in SF and the Bay Area, […]

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