Recent Streetsblog SF posts about The Wiggle

Eyes on the Street: Progress on Market/Valencia Turn, Green Paint on Fell

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 26, 2012 | 9 Comments

Improvements on two of San Francisco’s most important bicycling links continue to take shape: Green paint now graces the first block of the Fell Street separated bike lane, and much of the visible construction has been completed on the left-turn bicycle lane and traffic signal going in at Market and Valencia Streets. Streetsblog reader Mark […]

The Fell Street Separated Bike Lane Has Arrived

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 20, 2012 | 35 Comments

The basic striping for a separated bike lane on Fell Street now links the Wiggle to the Panhandle, a milestone in the years-long campaign to make one of San Francisco’s most important bicycle routes more appealing to all. Crews from the SF Municipal Transportation Agency yesterday striped the 5-foot buffer separating the bike lane from […]

Eyes on the Street: First Fell Street Bike Lane Markings on the Ground

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 15, 2012 | 12 Comments

Crews laid down the first preliminary stripes of the three-block separated bike lane on Fell Street this morning. The SF Municipal Transportation Agency is moving ahead with the safer connection between the Wiggle and the Panhandle, confident that a legal appeal filed against the project will be denied. As of this afternoon, a few short stretches […]

Standing Up to Legal Appeal, SFMTA Moves Ahead With Fell Street Bike Lane

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 14, 2012 | 44 Comments

Opponents of the Fell and Oak Street bikeway and pedestrian improvements filed an appeal last week seeking to delay implementation of street safety measures on the critical three-block stretch linking the Panhandle to the Wiggle, but the legal gambit will not slow down construction of the bike lane on Fell currently underway, the SF Municipal Transportation Agency […]

SFMTA Begins Work on Fell Street Protected Bike Lane

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 2, 2012 | 34 Comments

Note: I returned last night from an East Coast vacation and Streetsblog meet-up, and was fortunate enough to avoid the worst of Hurricane Sandy. Best wishes to all of those who are recovering from the storm and the devastation left in its wake. Check out the coverage from my office-exiled colleagues in NYC about how New […]

How Do You Share the Wiggle?

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 18, 2012 | 11 Comments

With a growing number of new bike commuters on the Wiggle — and more on the way with the imminent arrival of separated bike lanes on Fell and Oak Streets — the route is a kind of petri dish for a maturing culture of respect between people walking, bicycling, and driving. In a new video, […]

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