Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bike Boxes

Eyes on the Street: San Francisco’s First Green Bike Box Gets Bike Stencil

By Michael Rhodes | Jan 5, 2010 | 29 Comments

DPT crews reveal a brand new bike stencil. Photos: Michael Rhodes San Francisco’s first green bike box can no longer be mistaken for just a car-sized strip of green paint: this morning, DPT crews stenciled in a bicycle symbol to indicate to cars that the green box on Scott Street at Oak is for bikes […]

Eyes on the Street: San Francisco’s First Green Bike Box Remains Unfinished

By Bryan Goebel | Dec 22, 2009 | 21 Comments

A truck driver encroaches on a bicyclist in the green bike box. Photos by Bryan Goebel. San Francisco’s first green bike box, painted by a smiling group of electeds and bike activists earlier this month, was heralded as an important first step toward finally advancing some "innovative design treatments" in the city’s long-stalled Bicycle Plan. […]

Eyes on the Street: Work on Clipper Street Bike Lane Starts

By Bryan Goebel | Dec 18, 2009 | 4 Comments

Photos by Streetsblog tipster Nick DPT crews have begun striping a new bike lane on Clipper Street between Douglass Street and Portola Drive. Streetsblog tipster Nick sent us these photos of the work, which is expected to take a week to complete, according to Damon Curtis of the MTA’s bike program. Nick points out that […]

Mayor, MTA and Bike Activists Celebrate First New Bike Lane in Three Years

By Bryan Goebel | Dec 3, 2009 | 18 Comments

SFBC’s Leah Shahum, the MTA’s Oliver Gajda and SFBC Board Member Dan Nguyen-Tan in the freshly painted green bike box on Scott Street at Oak. Photo by Bryan Goebel. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, three members of the Board of Supervisors, MTA officials, SFBC staff and bicyclists — standing in the glaring fall sun amidst […]

Paint-Happy MTA Crews Prepare for Physically Separated Market St Lane

By Bryan Goebel | Dec 2, 2009 | 12 Comments

A freshly installed Mississippi Street bike lane, made of thermoplastic, which dries in 30 seconds. The installation was a little tricky because of the rough street terrain but the kick ass DPT crew got it perfectly straight. Photos by Bryan Goebel. Though it might sound incredible to San Franciscans who have followed bicycle issues for […]

Eyes On the Street: SF Gets Its First New Bike Lane in Three Years

By Bryan Goebel | Dec 1, 2009 | 26 Comments

The SFBC’s Andy Thornley was the first to ride in the new Scott Street bike lane. Flickr photo: sfbike San Francisco bicycle riders this morning let out a loud cheer, popped open a bottle of champagne and toasted the city’s first bike lane in three years: a freshly painted sliver of Scott Street on the […]

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