Recent Streetsblog SF posts about The Wiggle

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 […]

SFMTA Adds Temporary Posts to Separate Fell Street Bike Lane From Traffic

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 11, 2013 | 18 Comments

The SF Municipal Transportation Agency brought the Market Street treatment to Fell Street yesterday, installing some plastic “safe-hit” posts along its three-block bike lane as a temporary safety measure, after the agency announced last week that concrete planters may not arrive until the end of the year. While the project delays continue to frustrate San […]

Eyes on the Street: Parking Progress on Baker at Fell and Oak Streets

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 8, 2013 | 26 Comments

After the SFMTA last week announced another delay for safety improvements on three blocks of Fell and Oak Streets, work began today on another aspect of the project: a reconfiguration of Baker Street between Oak and Fell, which is used by eastbound bicycle riders to connect from the Panhandle to Oak and the Wiggle. As of […]

SFMTA Delays Ped/Bike Safety Measures on Fell and Oak Yet Again

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 3, 2013 | 21 Comments

The partially completed project to add safety measures like protected bike lanes and pedestrian bulb-outs on three blocks Fell and Oak Streets has once again been delayed by the SF Municipal Transportation Agency. Though the project was originally scheduled to be completed by spring or summer, the agency now says components like the protected bike […]

SFMTA: Work on Oak Street Protected Bike Lane to Begin This Month

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 14, 2013 | 11 Comments

Since the striping work on the Fell Street protected bike lane was finished last November, little progress has been seen on the Fell and Oak safety upgrades. The SF Municipal Transportation Agency, which has promised completion of the project by this spring or summer, says it will begin work on the Oak bike lane this […]

Eyes on the Street: Parking Enforcement Needed in Fell Street Bike Lane

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 9, 2013 | 19 Comments

Since the Fell Street buffered bike lane was partially implemented in November, drivers have continued to block it. Mostly, they seem to be customers using Bank of America’s sidewalk ATM and truck drivers from Ted and Al’s Towing. The SFMTA and SFPD don’t seem to provide much enforcement against the practice, even though it endangers […]

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