Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bike Lanes

Oakland Council Approves Protected Bike Lanes on Telegraph Ave

By Melanie Curry | Dec 10, 2014 | 17 Comments

The Oakland City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a road diet and parking-protected bike lanes to Telegraph Avenue, eliciting cheers from East Bay bike advocates. The vote allows the city to begin work on the first phase of the Telegraph Avenue Complete Streets plan, which covers the segment between 41st and 19th Streets in downtown. Planners […]

Parking-Protected Bike Lanes Partially Back in Oakland’s Telegraph Ave Plan

By Melanie Curry | Nov 26, 2014 | 16 Comments

If all goes according to plan, Oakland could get its first parking-protected bike lanes on Telegraph Avenue next spring. The final draft of the Telegraph plan was released this week, and previously-dropped parking-protected bike lanes were re-introduced in downtown Oakland, between 20th and 29th streets. Buffered bike lanes are planned on the block south of […]

Bold Visions for the Embarcadero Emerge at Public Design Workshops

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 26, 2014 | 3 Comments

Ever since the Embarcadero was uncovered from beneath a freeway more than two decades ago, San Franciscans’ appetite for a more people-friendly waterfront only seems to have grown. At a series of recent public design workshops this month, groups of attendees were asked to put together a display of how they’d re-allocate street space on […]

Eyes on the Street: Drivers Blatantly Park in the Oak Street Bike Lane

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 14, 2014 | 13 Comments

If the tow trucks stowed in the Fell Street bike lane weren’t enough a blatantly dangerous abuse of space for people on bikes, the situation on its Oak Street counterpart can be even more egregious. Patrick Traughber recently tweeted the above photo of five vehicles parked in Oak’s curbside, buffered bike lane, squeezing bike commuters […]

San Jose Candidates Campaign at Bike Party, Bike Life Festival

By Andrew Boone | Oct 1, 2014 | 3 Comments

Mayoral candidate Sam Liccardo and District 3 City Council candidates Don Gagliardi and Raul Peralez all sought to demonstrate their support for improving cycling conditions in the state’s third-largest city at both September’s San Jose Bike Party and the inaugural San Jose Bike Life Festival. Gagliardi and Liccardo both spoke briefly to the over 2,000 bicyclists […]

Governor Brown Signs Protected Bike Lane Bill, Car Fee for Bike Paths

By Melanie Curry | Sep 22, 2014 | No Comments

Governor Jerry Brown signed two bills on Saturday that will make it easier for California cities to build better bike infrastructure. The governor approved Assembly Bill 1193, which means protected bike lanes, or cycletracks, will become an official part of Caltrans’ guidelines on bike infrastructure. Brown also signed Senate Bill 1183, which will allow local governments to use a vehicle surcharge […]

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