Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bike Lanes

Details on 2nd Street Protected Bike Lanes, Ped Upgrades Come Into Focus

By Aaron Bialick | May 28, 2013 | 56 Comments

The plan for raised, parking-protected bike lanes and pedestrian safety improvements on Second Street is shaping up after the Department of Public Works presented new details [PDF] last week. When completed in September 2016, the project is expected to transform Second into a far safer corridor with protected bike lanes, wider sidewalks, pedestrian bulb-outs, more […]

Supervisor Mar: Abysmal Funding for Bicycle Infrastructure “Not Acceptable”

By Aaron Bialick | May 15, 2013 | 11 Comments

It looks like Supervisor Eric Mar is ready to make some noise about the need to fund the SFMTA’s vision for a major expansion of bike-friendly streets — which Mayor Ed Lee hasn’t prioritized at all since the agency released its Draft Bicycle Strategy earlier this year. At yesterday’s Board of Supervisors meeting, Mar issued a […]

SFMTA Installs Bike Lanes on Point Lobos and Northern Great Highway

By Aaron Bialick | May 13, 2013 | 17 Comments

The SFMTA installed bike lanes this weekend on the Great Highway, north of Fulton Street at Golden Gate Park. The Great Highway continues as Point Lobos Avenue as it runs by the Cliff House. The bike lanes are buffered from motor traffic on some stretches, and two of the four traffic lanes on Point Lobos […]

As Bike to Work Day Booms, Some San Mateo County Cities Lead the Way

By Andrew Boone | May 13, 2013 | 3 Comments

Among the record-breaking 9,000 bike commuters celebrating Bike to Work Day in San Mateo County on Thursday, County Supervisor Dave Pine led a convoy from downtown Redwood City to the Oracle energizer station, crossing Highway 101 using the Ralston Avenue bike-pedestrian bridge in Belmont. “We really have to look at bicycling as a viable and […]

Eyes on the Street: Oak Street Protected Bike Lane Ready to Ride

By Aaron Bialick | May 8, 2013 | 22 Comments

The Oak Street protected bike lane was opened to bicycle traffic today — the SFMTA finished striping and bike traffic signals just in time to welcome commuters on Bike to Work Day tomorrow, according to the agency’s Livable Streets Facebook page. Crews got the job done at an impressive pace once it became a top […]

Debunking the Misinformation Propagated By “Save Polk Street”

By Aaron Bialick | May 3, 2013 | 44 Comments

It’s clear that the parking-obsessed, anti-bike lane merchants behind the “Save Polk Street” group have no interest in vetting information before making their case. Concrete facts certainly had no place in the fearmongering rhetoric spouted by street safety opponents at the March meeting they staged, encapsulated by Flipp store owner Dan Kowalski’s dishonest comparison of the Polk Street […]

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