Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bike Lanes

Eyes on the Street: New Curbs Coming to Market/Valencia Bike Turn

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 26, 2014 | 3 Comments

In case you’re wondering why the left-turn “jug handle” connecting bike commuters on Market to Valencia Street suddenly disappeared behind construction barricades, we’ve got the answer. The “bike bay” is being re-built with granite curbs, replacing the original concrete curbs with materials that better match the rest of Market Street. That’s according to SFMTA Livable Streets […]

San Jose Merchants Object to Parking Removal for Bike Lanes on Park Ave

By Andrew Boone | Aug 19, 2014 | 14 Comments

About 150 residents attended a community meeting last Wednesday hosted by the San Jose Department of Transportation in the Willow Glen neighborhood to introduce plans for new bike lanes and sharrows on six streets west of downtown. The projects would complement four less extensive bikeway projects on streets east of downtown which were presented on August 6. […]

East San Jose Bikeway Plan Scrutinized, Park Avenue Parking Debate Begins

By Andrew Boone | Aug 11, 2014 | 5 Comments

About two dozen residents attended a San Jose Department of Transportation (SJDOT) community meeting last Wednesday, where staff gathered public input on four upcoming bike lane and sharrow projects planned for east San Jose streets. Five other projects, which will add bike lanes and sharrows to streets west of downtown — and, to the chagrin […]

Mapping the Story of San Francisco’s Bike Lanes

By Stan Parkford | Aug 5, 2014 | 8 Comments

Betsey Emmons, a fellow at MapStory, has created an interactive map showing the history of San Francisco’s bicycle network. The map allows viewers to watch as San Francisco’s bike infrastructure develops over a 43-year period, showing streets that now feature bike lanes and sharrows. This story begins in 1971, when the first designated bicycle lane […]

Study: To Keep Bicyclists Outside the Door Zone, You Need a Buffer

By Steven Vance | Jul 30, 2014 | No Comments

A new study has found that bike lanes with a buffer next to the parking lane are better than conventional bike lanes at encouraging bicyclists to ride outside the door zone. The study, recently published by the Transportation Research Board, concludes that wider but un-buffered bike lanes aren’t necessarily better than narrower lanes in encouraging bicyclists […]

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Embarcadero Bikeway Hugely Popular, But Deliveries May Pose a Challenge

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 25, 2014 | 24 Comments

At its first community meeting, a proposed protected bikeway on the Embarcadero seemed popular with just about everyone, though accommodating port deliveries could pose a challenge for its design. “The reception has been overwhelmingly positive,” said SFMTA project manager Patrick Golier. “We’ve had a number of conversations with a variety of stakeholders, all with different […]

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