Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bike Lanes

SFMTA Aiming to Install Oak Bike Lane By Bike to Work Day

By Aaron Bialick | May 3, 2013 | 5 Comments

The SFMTA expects to have the protected bike lane on Oak Street and the Market Street bicycle counter ready on Bike to Work Day — next Thursday, May 9 — according to agency staff. As we reported Wednesday, construction on the three-block Oak bike lane has been held up by renovation work at the Kelly-Moore paint shop. However, the […]

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Oak Street Protected Bike Lane Still Held Up by Paint Shop Renovation

By Aaron Bialick | May 1, 2013 | 6 Comments

The protected bike lane on Oak Street may not be constructed until some time after May 19, when the permit for renovation work on the Kelly-Moore paint shop on the corner of Oak and Divisadero Street ends, according to planners from the SF Muncipal Transportation Agency. Because the permit allows the paint shop to occupy […]

Tonight: Tell the SFMTA to Put Protected Bike Lanes on the Table for Polk

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 30, 2013 | 93 Comments

The second open house on the Polk Street safety improvements is tonight. While the agency has said protected bike lanes are not on the table for most of Polk, don’t be discouraged from showing up. This is your chance to tell the SFMTA you support protected bike lanes along the entire street. As we’ve seen, Supervisor David […]

SFMTA Drops Protected Bike Lane Proposals for Most of Polk Street

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 29, 2013 | 129 Comments

The SF Municipal Transportation Agency has taken protected bike lanes off the table for 14 of 20 blocks of Polk Street under its latest design options [PDF]. The agency, it seems, has backed down from making bicycling on Polk safe enough for a broader range of San Franciscans, in order to placate merchants who have vociferously […]

Tomorrow: Your Voice Needed to Support a Safer Polk Street

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 26, 2013 | 95 Comments

An important reminder: The SFMTA is presenting its latest proposals for a safer Polk Street tomorrow morning and Tuesday evening. The proposal diagrams aren’t available to post yet, but SFMTA staff went over them at a press briefing, and explained that the safest proposals are still on the table, but they’ve added new options that […]

Did Safer Polk St. Opponents Pack a Meeting With Friends From Out of Town?

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 19, 2013 | 9 Comments

Opponents who packed a neighborhood meeting last month and booed down those who supported removing car parking to improve safety on Polk Street may have boosted their numbers by inviting misinformed friends and family from out of town to attend the meeting. That’s what we’ve been told by supporters of the SFMTA’s safety efforts on […]

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