Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bike Lanes

SFMTA Adds Green Treatments, Posts to Eastern Cesar Chavez Bike Lanes

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 4, 2012 | 9 Comments

The SF Municipal Transportation Agency added “safe-hit” posts and dashed green pavement treatments to the bike lanes on eastern Cesar Chavez Street this week between Vermont and Pennsylvania streets. The new additions should improve the sense of separation, safety and visibility for people using the bike lanes, which were installed this spring. The bike lanes replaced […]

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SFMTA Sets Out to Create a Safer, More Convivial Polk Street

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 28, 2012 | 19 Comments

An effort to revamp conditions on Polk Street for walking, socializing, bicycling, and transit is underway by the SF Municipal Transportation Agency, and residents say they’re eager to see calmer motor traffic, wider sidewalks, better bike lanes and more public space along the corridor. At a well-attended SFMTA community meeting on Wednesday, planners said construction […]

Alameda County’s Bike/Ped Plans Take Local Approach, But Short on Targets

By Judy Silber | Sep 26, 2012 | 5 Comments

In theory, the East Bay has nearly perfect terrain for bicycling. Streets slope gently east for miles from the Bay, and once over the hills, pedaling conditions are almost idyllic — that is, if you feel safe enough to ride. The East Bay, like much of the country, was built for cars rather than for […]

Protected Bike Lanes, Ped Safety Upgrades Proposed for Second Street

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 21, 2012 | 14 Comments

Second Street could get protected bike lanes, sidewalk extensions, lane reductions, greening and more under options presented to residents last night by the SF Department of Public Works and the Municipal Transportation Agency. Of the four options presented, one would include one-way protected bike lanes (or “cycle tracks”), and another would include a two-way protected […]

San Francisco’s State of Cycling: Is It Falling Behind?

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 19, 2012 | 42 Comments

The SF Municipal Transportation Agency released its four-year State of Cycling Report [PDF] this week. While the findings in the report may not be new to those keeping an eye on the growth of bicycling in San Francisco — which has jumped 71 percent from 2006 to 2011 — bike advocates say it highlights the […]

Plan for a Safer Masonic Gets Final Approval from SFMTA Board

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 19, 2012 | 44 Comments

A plan for sweeping safety improvements on deadly Masonic Avenue was unanimously approved by the SF Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors yesterday. It’s the final decision needed to move the project forward, though the SFMTA says planners still need to finalize the design and secure funding before it’s implemented. The agency doesn’t have a […]

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