Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bike Lanes

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SFMTA Wants to Remove King Street Bike Lanes, Won’t Improve Alternative

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 17, 2015 | 44 Comments

The SFMTA wants to remove bike lanes and sharrows on King Street in SoMa’s South Beach area to discourage bicycling on the truck-heavy street, Hoodline reports. The agency wants to divert bike commuters to the parallel stretch of Townsend Street, but has no plans to improve the bike lanes there, which are unprotected and routinely blocked by drivers near […]

Protected Bike Lanes Finally Coming to Folsom Street Near Transbay Center

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 14, 2015 | 17 Comments

The city will hold a public meeting on Thursday evening to present updates on a plan to install protected bike lanes on Folsom Street near the Transbay Transit Center, east of Second Street. Construction on the project was previously expected to start this year, according to a city staff presentation from last June [PDF]. At the time, an […]

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Safer San Jose Avenue Advocates Fend Off Attacks From Angry Motorists

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 7, 2015 | 37 Comments

The redesign of San Jose Avenue took a step forward a month ago when Caltrans removed a traffic lane on a Highway 280 off-ramp leading on to San Jose, a.k.a. the Bernal Cut. The plan is the result of decades of neighborhood advocacy for safer streets, but it is running into opposition from motorists who won’t stand for the road diet. Supporters […]

America Could Have Been Building Protected Bike Lanes for the Last 40 Years

By Marc Caswell | Jun 30, 2015 | No Comments

Salt Lake City is on track to implement the nation’s first “protected intersection” — a Dutch-inspired design to minimize conflicts between cyclists and drivers at crossings. For American cities, this treatment feels like the cutting edge, but a look back at the history of bike planning in the United States reveals that even here, this idea is far from new. In fact, […]

Safer Path Could Help Untangle the “Alemany Maze” Highway Interchange

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 26, 2015 | 10 Comments

The “Alemany Maze,” the deadly Highway 101 and 280 interchange in the southeast city, could get a safer crossing for walking and biking. Funding to study a walking path and bike lanes through the junction was approved this week by the SF County Transportation Authority Board of Directors, comprised of the Board of Supervisors. The study, […]

SFMTA Retracts Report of 651% Jump in Bike Traffic on San Jose Avenue

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 22, 2015 | 31 Comments

The SFMTA has retracted its report last week of a 651 percent jump in bicycling on northbound San Jose Avenue after a traffic lane was removed to widen the bike lane. The actual increase in morning peak-hour bike counts was 14 percent, said SFMTA spokesperson Ben Jose. In the evening peak hour, the reported 221 percent was actually […]

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