Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Golden Gate Park

Eyes on the Street: Bike Traffic Signals Going in at Page and Stanyan

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 25, 2012 | 13 Comments

A new set of traffic lights that include bicycle-specific signals were erected at Page and Stanyan Streets this week at the recently renovated Golden Gate Park entrance in the Upper Haight. Crews said the lights should be activated in roughly a few weeks, though they couldn’t confirm a date. The crossing connects a route from Page to John […]

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New Car-Free GG Park Sunday Streets Route Kicks Off This Weekend

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 13, 2012 | 3 Comments

Head out to the Avenues for some car-free action this weekend at Sunday Streets in Golden Gate Park and the Great Highway. Don’t forget: the route through Golden Gate Park is slightly different this year. At Transverse Drive, the route switches over from John F. Kennedy Drive to Martin Luther King along the western section. Activities in […]

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Eyes on the Street: More Progress on JFK Drive Parking-Protected Bikeway

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 22, 2012 | 4 Comments

Crews have placed preliminary road markings for the coming re-design of JFK Drive in front of the Conservatory of Flowers. Next month, JFK will become the first street in San Francisco where cyclists are protected from moving traffic by parked cars. The markings, for the time being, give bicyclists a teaser of how the protected bikeway will look, with […]

First Signs of Construction Appear on the JFK Drive Bikeway

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 13, 2012 | 6 Comments

After repeated delays and some intermittent rain, the SFMTA has apparently begun construction of the city’s first parking-protected bikeway on John F. Kennedy Drive in Golden Gate Park. The center lane striping appeared mostly grinded off on the western section of the road yesterday from Transverse Drive just past Stow Lake Drive. Construction equipment also […]

JFK Bikeway Gets Final Approval From Rec and Parks Commission

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 21, 2011 | 17 Comments

San Francisco bicycle advocates are celebrating a major milestone after the city’s first parking-protected bike lane cleared its final hurdle yesterday. The San Francisco Recreation and Parks Commission approved the John F. Kennedy Drive bikeway, which will be installed in Golden Gate Park this December. “The new, dedicated bikeways coming on JFK Drive will be […]

JFK Bikeway Project Faces One Last Hurdle Before December Arrival

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 7, 2011 | 14 Comments

Anticipation is building for the arrival of San Francisco’s first parking-buffered cycle track along the eastern stretch of John F. Kennedy Drive in Golden Gate Park this December. The project received approval from the Golden Gate Park Concourse Authority on Wednesday, and the final step in its approval will come at a Recreation and Parks […]

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