Recent Streetsblog SF posts about San Francisco Neighborhoods

Kick Back at Sunday Streets in Bayview, Dogpatch, and Potrero Hill

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 20, 2012 | 23 Comments

July’s second Sunday Streets event returns to the Bayview, Dogpatch, and Potrero Hill neighborhoods this weekend, running from Mission Bay to the Bayview Opera House. For the third year in a row, the car-free event will connect with the Bayview Music Festival. Of course, there’s going to be a lot more happening all the way up […]

How Long Did This Driver Park in a Bike Lane? A Case Study

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 17, 2012 | 56 Comments

Contrary to what the name implies, bike lanes in San Francisco have cars in them all the time. Presumably, a car left with blinking hazard lights on means the driver is just “running in for a minute,” as if to minimize the impact of endangering people on bicycles. Maybe, after biking into traffic around one […]

Driver Plows Through Bike Corral at Duboce and Valencia, Injuring Man

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 16, 2012 | 16 Comments

A car driver plowed through a bike corral on Saturday in front of Zeitgeist, a bar on the corner of Duboce Avenue and Valencia Street. The driver reportedly stopped and cooperated with police after crashing through 10 of the 11 curbside bike racks, breaking a man’s leg, and wrecking at least a dozen parked bikes, […]

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8th St. Buffered Bike Lane a Step Up, But When Will SoMa Really Feel Safe?

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 13, 2012 | 24 Comments

A new buffered bike lane was striped on 8th Street last week, re-purposing a traffic lane for bicycles on one of SoMa’s fast, one-way motorways. The new configuration, which removes bicyclists from the door zone and provides a much wider lane, is an improvement over the four speed-inducing traffic lanes and skinny bike lane that […]

Eyes on the Street: Crews Begin Striping Bike Lanes on 8th and 17th Streets

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 3, 2012 | 6 Comments

The SFMTA has begun striping work on new bike lanes along 8th Street in SoMa and 17th Street in the Mission and Potrero Hill. Eighth Street already had a skinny door-zone bike lane, but the SFMTA is expanding it as a buffered bike lane by re-purposing a roughly 10-foot wide motor vehicle lane for bicycles […]

Sunday Streets Returns for More Car-Free Fun in the Mission

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 29, 2012 | 1 Comment

Kick back at Sunday Streets on Valencia and 24th Streets this weekend for the third car-free event in the Mission this year. Here’s just a taste of all the activities available for kids: REI’s Block of Fun includes a climbing wall, disc golf, and a bike obstacle course. Kids just learning to ride a bike can sharpen […]

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