Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Market Street

Bikeway on Mission Street Would Cost More Than One on Market

By Aaron Bialick | | 38 Comments
Constructing raised, protected bike lanes on downtown Mission Street would cost more than building them on Market, according to SF Municipal Transportation Agency Director Ed Reiskin. The Mission bikeway proposal, which recently surfaced as an option to be studied in the repeatedly-delayed Better Market Street project, would entail abandoning long-sought bike safety improvements on Market, which is […]

Delayed Again, “Better Market Street” Could Move Bikeway to Mission Street

By Aaron Bialick | | 58 Comments
The latest news from the Better Market Street project could be a setback for implementing a safe, accessible bike network in San Francisco — not just because construction has been pushed back to 2017, four years past the original date — but because one of the three proposals that planners will study involves building a […]

SFMTA Director Heinicke: Let’s Get Cracking on Car-Free Market Street

By Aaron Bialick | | 54 Comments
The campaign to rid lower Market Street of the delays and dangers caused by personal cars has an unexpected champion on the SF Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors. At an SFMTA board meeting this Tuesday — the same meeting where agency staff presented a new Strategic Plan, which includes the Bicycle and Pedestrian Strategies […]

Camera Enforcement for Illegal Turns at Market/Octavia Gets Green Light

By Aaron Bialick | | 26 Comments
Dangerous, illegal right turns from Market Street onto the freeway at the intersection with Octavia Boulevard — the location with the most pedestrian and bicycle crashes in the city — may become less frequent after a long-awaited state decision that allows the city to use camera enforcement. The decision was announced by California Attorney General Kamala Harris last […]
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