Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycling

Intersection designs on the recently launched 2nd Street Improvement project feature signal phases for bikes--although all protection still drops out in the intersection itself

Second Street Project Finally Kicks Off

By Roger Rudick | Dec 1, 2017 | No Comments

The $20 million Second Street Improvement Project is finally underway. No planning speed records were broken. Yesterday evening, San Francisco Public Works and the SFMTA held an open house at SPUR’s Urban Center on Mission Street in San Francisco to display some familiar renderings and sketches of the project. And if it feels like you’ve […]

Oakland police patrolling in downtown on bikes. Photo: Oakland Police Department

Thoughts on Oakland Police Bike Patrols

By Roger Rudick | Nov 30, 2017 | 28 Comments

The other day, I biked over to a market on Oak Street in Jack London Square. There was a truck driver parked in the bike lane in front of the store, right by an open parking spot. I ended up walking into the store at the same time as an Oakland police officer. So I […]

The "Hairball" bike path. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

SF Supervisors Save Hairball Improvements from Lengthy Environmental Review

By Roger Rudick | Nov 28, 2017 | 14 Comments

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously today to reject an appeal for a lengthy environmental review of proposed bicycle and pedestrian improvements to the Hairball

Caltrans District 4 Pedestrian and Bicycle Coordinator Sergio Ruiz talks to attendees at an open house on the district bike plan. Photos: Melanie Curry/Streetsblog

Caltrans District 4 Holds Community Workshop on Bicycle Plan

By Melanie Curry | Nov 16, 2017 | No Comments

For many years, cities have refused to consider bicycle and pedestrian improvements on or across state-owned highways—which frequently run right through cities. The stated reason is that Caltrans controls those streets and won’t allow changes that might slow or impede car traffic. That’s supposed to be changing. The recent California State Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan […]

The guerrilla safety group, SFMTrA, did this rendering of how they would improve Valencia. SFMTA now has $145,000 to come up with a better design. Photo: Streetsblog

Funding Approved for Valencia Protected Bike Lane Study

By Roger Rudick | Nov 14, 2017 | 13 Comments

Note: GJEL Accident Attorneys regularly sponsors coverage on Streetsblog San Francisco and Streetsblog California. Unless noted in the story, GJEL Accident Attorneys is not consulted for the content or editorial direction of the sponsored content. Today the San Francisco County Transportation Authority approved $145,000 for the ‘Valencia Street Bikeway Implementation Plan,’ a study into putting protected bike lanes on […]

A publicity still for Stylish Spokes, one of the movies shown on the first day of the SF Urban Film Fest, directed by Greg Miller.

SF Urban Film Fest Kicks Off

By Roger Rudick | Nov 13, 2017 | 2 Comments

Note: GJEL Accident Attorneys regularly sponsors coverage on Streetsblog San Francisco and Streetsblog California. Unless noted in the story, GJEL Accident Attorneys is not consulted for the content or editorial direction of the sponsored content. The 4th annual Urban Film Festival, which runs through this coming Sunday, kicked off this afternoon with three documentary shorts, Stylish Spokes, We Are In […]

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