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Eyes on the Street: More Green-Backed Sharrows on Market Street

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 11, 2013 | 4 Comments

The SFMTA continues to paint green-backed sharrows along lower Market Street in the wake of a re-paving by the Department of Public Works. The new markings have been spotted as far east as Fourth Street. The combination is a nice treat that may help tide over San Franciscans who are still waiting for raised, protected bike […]

SFMTA Still Fleshing Out Details of Pilot Bike Lane Upgrades on Folsom

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 10, 2013 | 11 Comments

The SFMTA isn’t quite ready to declare that it will expedite protected bike lanes on Folsom Street with a pilot project, but planners say they’re fleshing out the details of what near-term safety upgrades on the street could look like. Although the SF Bicycle Coalition wrote in a blog post Friday that city officials promised them […]

SFBC: City Commits to Pilot Redesign of Folsom With Separated Bikeways

By Ben Fried | Sep 6, 2013 | 8 Comments

Hi everyone, greetings from New York. Aaron is currently away on a well-deserved break from running Streetsblog SF. He’ll be back next week delivering the livable streets news. In the meantime, consider this post an open thread about this development: WE DID IT! City commits to pilot redesign of #Folsom Street that includes separated bikeways! […]

SFPD Faults Trucker in Le Moullac’s Death, Apologizes for Ernst’s Behavior

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 30, 2013 | 25 Comments

San Francisco police have determined that the truck driver who killed Amelie Le Moullac on her bike this month was at fault for the crash, after footage of the incident was found by the SF Bicycle Coalition. SFPD Chief Greg Suhr has also apologized in statements to the press for the behavior of Sergeant Richard […]

Without Traffic Calming, Sunset Blvd. Project a Missed Chance to Save Lives

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 22, 2013 | 9 Comments

Six-lane Sunset Boulevard is one of the city’s most dangerous streets to cross, but that won’t change under plans being developed by the SF Public Utilities Commission. The SFPUC’s Sunset Boulevard Greenway project is aimed at replacing the underground sewer system and re-landscaping the corridor’s grassy medians, which are half a block wide and separate […]

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