Recent Streetsblog SF posts about The Wiggle

Eyes on the Street: Geary’s Bus Lane, Wiggle’s Curbs Get Red Paint

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 22, 2014 | 11 Comments

Updated 4/23 2:45 p.m. with corrected project timelines for the painted bus lanes. The SFMTA started adding the red carpet treatment to Geary Street’s bus-only lane, and started painting curbs red to daylight, or improve visibility at, corners along the Wiggle. The Geary/O’Farrell Street couplet, between Powell and Gough Streets, is the second of three […]

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SFMTA Unveils Wiggle Plans, Including Traffic Diverter at Scott and Fell

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 23, 2014 | 23 Comments

The Wiggle is set to become a calmer, safer, and greener route after proposals presented by the SFMTA yesterday, with improvements like raised crosswalks, bulb-outs with greenery, textured pavement, and a traffic diverter at Scott and Fell Streets. The diverter, which would prevent drivers from entering the block of Scott between Fell and Oak Streets in the southbound direction […]

Eyes on the Street: Smoother Pavement on the Fell and Oak Bike Lanes

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 6, 2014 | 5 Comments

The bumpy concrete surface of the Fell and Oak bike lanes is being smoothed over. Over the holiday break, the Department of Public Works re-paved one block of the Fell bike lane, between Broderick and Baker Streets. The city expects to cover all six blocks with smooth asphalt by March, according to SFMTA Livable Streets […]

Design Tweaks Delay Construction of Safety Features on Fell and Oak

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 31, 2013 | 3 Comments

Construction of the final pieces of bike and pedestrian safety improvements on Fell and Oak Streets between Baker and Scott has been delayed again as the agency finalizes the design of traffic islands and bulb-outs. Previously promised this year, the upgrades have been pushed back until some time in 2014, according to the SFMTA. SFMTA Livable Streets spokesperson […]

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SFMTA: Fell and Oak Bike Lanes Are Yielding Promising Safety Results

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 30, 2013 | 27 Comments

The SFMTA has released some preliminary survey results showing that the three-block bike lanes on Fell and Oak Streets, along with other safety measures, have resulted in calmer motor traffic, an increased sense of safety among bicycle commuters, and a decrease in illegal bicycling behaviors. On Fell and Oak, between Scott and Baker Streets — the connection from the […]

Double-Parked Driver Chokes Wiggle Intersection; SFPD Nowhere to Be Found

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 25, 2013 | 23 Comments

Yesterday evening I returned to the Wiggle, where reports continue of SFPD officers targeting bicycle commuters rolling stop signs. To my surprise, there were no police to be found during their typical shift at about 6:45 p.m., but I did find a driver double-parked right behind the crosswalk on Waller and Steiner Streets. In the […]

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