Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Market Street

Heinicke to SFMTA: Let’s Not Dilly-Dally With More Forced Turns on Market

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 25, 2013 | 28 Comments

In a continued push for a car-free Market Street, SFMTA board member Malcom Heinicke urged the agency to not waste time and money on phasing in more forced turn restrictions, instead calling for a full ban on private autos on lower Market. “It is my strong supposition that if we close Market altogether, say from […]

DPW to Re-Pave a Major Stretch of Market Street This Weekend

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 5, 2013 | 6 Comments

The outer lanes of Market Street will be re-paved between Van Ness Avenue and Sixth Street this weekend, the Department of Public Works announced today. The work is scheduled to start on Friday at 7 p.m. and finish within 24 hours. “This will be a major improvement to the city’s most important bicycling street,” said SF […]

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Watch: Time Lapse of Market Street Bike Traffic on Bike to Work Day

By Aaron Bialick | May 14, 2013 | 7 Comments

The SF Bicycle Coalition has released an awesome time lapse video of over 1,000 people on bikes rolling by the Market Street bicycle counter on the morning of Bike to Work Day. The SFBC’s volunteer photographer Volker Neumann took photos every five seconds with a camera mounted to a nearby telephone pole. Photos and statistics […]

Market Bike Counter: 3,231 Cyclists in a Day — And That’s an Underestimate

By Aaron Bialick | May 10, 2013 | 15 Comments

San Francisco’s first digital bicycle counter was activated on Bike to Work Day yesterday, and the day’s official total was 3,231 cyclists on Market Street. But that’s probably a significant underestimate, since many bike riders on that block choose to ride outside the bike lane where the ground sensors were installed. Many riders seem to prefer to […]

Eyes on the Street: New Bike Markings and Crosswalks at Market/Octavia

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 15, 2013 | 4 Comments

The SFMTA installed some green-backed bike stencils and upgraded ladder-style crosswalks at Market Street and Octavia Boulevard, the intersection that sees the most pedestrian and bicycle injuries in San Francisco. Mark Dreger and I were pleasantly surprised to stumble upon the improvements yesterday while riding home from an awesome Sunday Streets in the Mission. The […]

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