Recent Streetsblog SF posts about SoMa

Fifth Street Bike Lane Plans on Hold for Central Subway Construction

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 17, 2014 | 10 Comments

Plans for bike lanes on Fifth Street, which would connect Market Street to the Fourth and King Caltrain Station, are on hold at least until the Central Subway is completed in 2019. Originally, the 2009 SF Bike Plan called for conventional bike lanes on Fifth, painted between parked cars and moving cars. But during subway […]

Eyes on the Street: Third Street’s Abused Muni-Only Lane Gets Red Paint

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 13, 2014 | 35 Comments

Update 6:09 p.m.: SFMTA spokesperson Paul Rose said “this is a low cost measure to remind and prevent auto drivers from using transit only lanes,” and that the agency will implement the treatments on these street segments this week: a. 3rd Street between Townsend and Jessie streets b. Geary/O’Farrell streets between Market and Gough streets – […]

Eyes on the Street: Folsom Buffered Bike Lane Goes Green

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 4, 2013 | 27 Comments

The new, wider buffered bike lane on Folsom Street in SoMa is getting finishing touches this week as the SFMTA adds green paint where drivers are expected to merge with people on bikes. “We pushed for green paint at the intersections, and we’re thrilled to see that safety element being added today,” the SF Bicycle […]

SFMTA Crews Installing Buffered Bike Lane on Folsom Street

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 26, 2013 | 10 Comments

SFMTA crews are currently installing a widened, buffered bike lane on Folsom Street between 11th and Fourth Streets. The SFMTA got to work quickly on this bike lane expansion — crews hit the street as early as Friday, just a few days after the project was approved by the SFMTA Board of Directors. It should be […]

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SFMTA Unveils 6th St. Proposal With Road Diet, Bike Lanes, Wider Sidewalks

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 25, 2013 | 59 Comments

SFMTA unveiled a proposal last week to redesign northern Sixth Street by trimming traffic lanes from four to two, widening sidewalks, and adding unprotected, green-painted bike lanes. Intersections on the stretch between Market and Howard Streets could also get features like raised crosswalks, speed tables (like speed bumps, but wider), and textured pavement to tame driving speeds. […]

For Cheng Jin Lai, Bicycling Was a Necessary Means to an Active Life

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 15, 2013 | 9 Comments

Safe streets advocates, family, and friends of Cheng Jin Lai gathered yesterday for a memorial service of the 78-year-old man who was killed by a Muni driver on October 18 while making a trip on his bicycle at the crash-prone intersection of Bryant, Division, and 11th Streets. The bicycle was Lai’s primary mode of transportation, […]

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