Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bike Lanes

Eyes on the Street: Polk’s Extended, Unprotected Bike Lane Blocked By Cars

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 27, 2015 | 25 Comments

This week the SFMTA extended the southbound bike lane on Polk Street from Post up to Union Street. The stripes are in, and the bike lane symbols are still being stenciled. Two Streetsblog readers have written in about drivers double-parking in the bike lane and even cruising in it. You can chalk it up to the newness […]

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Four Protected Bike Signals Coming to Polk Street By May

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 20, 2015 | 26 Comments

Today the SFMTA announced details about the first package of safety upgrades coming to Polk Street in the next few months. They include signals at four intersections that will give southbound bike traffic a separate phase from drivers turning right, making Polk the second street in SF to get the configuration. By May, the SFMTA said it would install the bike signals at […]

Eyes on the Street: Idiots Continue to Park in the Oak Street Bike Lane

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 17, 2015 | 49 Comments

Looks like some tickets are in order. Even with planted protective barriers alongside the Oak Street bike lane, some drivers haven’t got the message and continue to park or stop in it. It’s not clear if the violations are happening less often, and it’s still early in the learning curve, but the hope had been that the planters […]

Eyes on the Street: The Oak Street Bike Lane Is Now Protected

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 10, 2015 | 14 Comments

At long last, the Oak Street bike lane has physical protection from motor traffic. Long-awaited concrete planters were completed last week. “We’re thrilled that the final pieces are finally coming together to make the bike lanes on Oak and Fell achieve the high level of protection San Franciscans were originally promised and that we have advocated […]

Howard Bike Lane Gets Wider and Greener — Will Protection Come Soon?

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 6, 2015 | 10 Comments

The Howard Street bike lane in SoMa, between Sixth and Tenth Streets, was widened and got some green paint this week. While it’s no protected bike lane, we’ve already heard from bike commuters who say the buffer zone and contrast make the ride a bit more comfortable. For the SFMTA, these improvements are low-hanging fruit […]

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Police Ticket Cyclists Who Fail to Navigate Market and Octavia’s Bad Design

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 5, 2015 | 51 Comments

Police were seen ticketing people on bikes navigating a poorly-designed junction at the dangerous Market Street and Octavia Boulevard intersection yesterday in the latest “People Behaving Badly” segment from KRON 4’s Stanley Roberts. The bike lane’s design is so flawed, in fact, that the only bike commuter Roberts showed navigating it properly happened to be one of the […]

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