Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bike Lanes

Eyes on the Street: Folsom Buffered Bike Lane Goes Green

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 4, 2013 | 27 Comments

The new, wider buffered bike lane on Folsom Street in SoMa is getting finishing touches this week as the SFMTA adds green paint where drivers are expected to merge with people on bikes. “We pushed for green paint at the intersections, and we’re thrilled to see that safety element being added today,” the SF Bicycle […]

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SFMTA Board Wants the Option of a Full-Length Bike Lane on Polk

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 27, 2013 | 169 Comments

As the vote on the Polk Street redesign approaches in the coming months, the SFMTA Board of Directors last week requested that planners present the board with a pilot project option for bolder bike safety improvements along the length of the project area. Currently, the SFMTA’s preferred option calls only for sharrows and rush-hour parking bans on […]

SFMTA Crews Installing Buffered Bike Lane on Folsom Street

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 26, 2013 | 10 Comments

SFMTA crews are currently installing a widened, buffered bike lane on Folsom Street between 11th and Fourth Streets. The SFMTA got to work quickly on this bike lane expansion — crews hit the street as early as Friday, just a few days after the project was approved by the SFMTA Board of Directors. It should be […]

Curbside Bikeway at Fort Mason Only Temporary, Set to Be Removed

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 26, 2013 | 10 Comments

The bike lane we spotted at Fort Mason last week, which replaced a lane of car parking on the northern end of Van Ness Avenue, could be removed any day now, according to city staffers. The bike lane was installed temporarily as part of the People Plan, intended to encourage visitors to bicycle during the […]

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Eyes on the Street: Bike Lane Replaces Car Parking at Fort Mason

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 21, 2013 | 25 Comments

A new contra-flow bike lane separated by paint and plastic posts has appeared at the northern end of Van Ness Avenue, providing a safer link between the ped/bike paths that run through Fort Mason and Fisherman’s Wharf. The bike lane apparently replaced a lane of car parking on that stretch. I spotted the bike lane […]

How a Poll Showing SF’s Pro-Bike Attitudes Can Change the Conversation

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 5, 2013 | 5 Comments

If you listen to the public discourse about re-allocating street space to make bicycling safer in San Francisco, a pattern in the naysayers’ message quickly emerges. “Only a small margin of people ride bicycles, and those people don’t deserve space for safer travel,” goes the refrain. “Traffic lanes and parking for cars are too important […]

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