Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bike Lanes

Judge Issues Partial Tentative Ruling on Request to Modify Bike Injunction

By Bryan Goebel | Jan 21, 2009 | 1 Comment

A San Francisco judge, in a tentative ruling issued this afternoon, agreed to a portion of the city attorney’s request (PDF) to modify the bike injunction to "enhance markings on already existing bike lanes," but will move forward with a hearing tomorrow before deciding on an MTA plan to remove a portion of the eastbound […]

Hundreds Rally to Save Market/Octavia Bike Lane

By Bryan Goebel | Jan 16, 2009 | 13 Comments

In a powerful show of opposition to a plan that calls for removing the eastbound Market Street bike lane and concrete island at Octavia Boulevard, hundreds of bicyclists, their supporters and local and state elected officials gathered today at the dangerous intersection to loudly urge the MTA to scrap its idea for a shared lane. […]

MTA Traffic Engineer’s Rationale Behind Removing Bike Lane

By Bryan Goebel | Jan 16, 2009 | 14 Comments

The Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) traffic engineer proposing the removal of a portion of the eastbound bike lane and concrete barrier on Market Street approaching Octavia Boulevard insists safety is his primary goal in merging car and bicycle traffic at the city’s most dangerous intersection for bicyclists. In an interview in his 1 South Van […]

BYO Bike Lane

By Aaron Naparstek | Jan 16, 2009 | No Comments

Looking to circumvent a citywide bike lane injunction or avoid bike lane-related Community Board histrionics? Alex Tee and Evan Gant from the product design firm Altitude Inc. have a novel solution for you: Use laser beams to project your own lane from the back of your bicycle. Gant tells me that he and Tee developed […]

Rally Friday Morning to Save Market/Octavia Bike Lane

By Bryan Goebel | Jan 15, 2009 | 2 Comments

San Francisco Bicycle Coalition members, cyclists and several electeds, including Supervisors Ross Mirkarimi and Bevan Dufty, plan to be at the intersection of Market/Octavia tomorrow morning to protest an MTA proposal to remove the eastbound bike lane and concrete barrier. Turn out and add your voice to the growing list of those opposed to removing […]

Bicycle Signal Priority Green Wave Project Stalled

By Janel Sterbentz | Jan 15, 2009 | 11 Comments

Green Wave in Copenhagen Valencia Street is one of the most heavily biked corridors in San Francisco but its current traffic signals are timed at an auto-only capable speed of 25 mph, leaving bike riders stymied at intersections, or gasping for breath after a mad 15-block sprint. Unfortunately, most riders choose the third option of […]

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