Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bike Lanes

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JFK Drive Bikeway Street Plans Released. Construction Coming Next Week?

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 3, 2012 | 12 Comments

Update: These orange bollards spotted in the parking lanes on JFK near Transverse Drive are a promising sign. Construction on the JFK Drive bikeway in Golden Gate Park should begin next week, the SFMTA tells Streetsblog. The agency recently posted street plans [PDF] on the project website, showing how the geometry of the city’s first […]

Caltrans Slims the Sloat Boulevard Speedway With Buffered Bike Lanes

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 23, 2012 | 29 Comments

The six-lane speedway known as Sloat Boulevard has been somewhat tamed after Caltrans implemented a road diet last week, reclaiming two vehicle lanes for bicycles. Long known as a virtual no-man’s-land for biking and walking, Sloat is technically a state highway that runs through the Parkside District. The stretch between 21st Avenue and Everglade Drive […]

SFMTA Finalizing Fell and Oak Bikeway Design. Will It Be Ready By Summer?

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 18, 2012 | 29 Comments

Planners are narrowing down the final designs for the Fell and Oak bikeway project, and the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC) is calling on supporters to ask the mayor and SFMTA Director Ed Reiskin to ensure the project gets on the ground by summer as expected. “The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition urges the SFMTA to implement separated bikeways […]

New Bill Could Free CA Planners to Use More Innovative Bikeway Designs

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 6, 2012 | 24 Comments

Physically protected bikeways have been implemented with great success in cities like New York, Chicago, and Washington, DC. But in California, where such facilities are still considered “experimental” by Caltrans, outdated state standards make it difficult for transportation planners to implement them. That could change under a state bill called AB 819, which would give […]

Bikeway Update: JFK Drive Coming in January, East Cesar Chavez in March

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 7, 2011 | 10 Comments

Update: An explanation for the delay of the JFK bikeway project was provided by SFMTA staff below. Protected bikeways on John F. Kennedy Drive and eastern Cesar Chavez Street will arrive in January and March respectively, San Francisco transportation planners said this week. The parking-protected bikeway on JFK in Golden Gate Park, previously slated to be installed […]

Eyes on the Street: Portola Drive Bike Lanes Get Striped

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 6, 2011 | 8 Comments

SFMTA crews were out striping bike lanes on Portola Drive today from O’Shaughnessy Boulevard to St. Francis Circle. The new lanes complement those striped on the rest of the street in recent months. Streetsblog reader and Portola resident Mark Dreger reported spotting the crews this morning, noting that the project will provide a bicycling connection […]

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