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SF’s First Painted Sidewalk Extensions Come to Sixth Street

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 12, 2013 | 22 Comments

A deadly stretch of Sixth Street received the city’s first painted sidewalk extensions last week, created using low-cost, temporary materials to help make pedestrians more visible. The SFMTA implemented the pilot project between Market and Harrison Streets — four blocks dense with residential hotels and shops — to help curb injuries while the agency develops plans […]

SFMTA Shops Folsom Buffered Bike Lane at Crowded Community Meeting

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 24, 2013 | 5 Comments

The SFMTA’s proposal to widen the Folsom Street bike lane with a buffer zone and remove a general traffic lane drew significant turnout at a community meeting in SoMa yesterday evening. The project, set to be installed by the end of the year, seems to have strong support from residents and livable streets advocates as […]

Man on Bike Killed by Muni Bus Driver at Bryant and Division

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 18, 2013 | 14 Comments

A man riding a bike was killed by a Muni bus driver this morning at the intersection of Bryant, Division and 11th Streets on the southwest end of SoMa, according to media reports. From the SF Chronicle: The crash involving a bus on the 27-Bryant line was reported at 8:44 a.m., said Mindy Talmadge, a […]

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SFMTA to Widen Bike Lane, Remove Traffic Lane on Folsom in SoMa

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 1, 2013 | 31 Comments

The SFMTA will re-purpose a general traffic lane to widen and buffer the existing bike lane on Folsom Street between Fourth and 11th Streets by the end of the year, the agency announced today. The pilot project, which comes about six weeks after 24-year-old Amelie Le Moullac was killed on her bike by a truck […]

Eyes on the Street: Bike Lanes on Cesar Chavez, Green Wave on 11th

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 30, 2013 | 33 Comments

Two bicycling upgrades were spotted in the eastern neighborhoods this past week: Preliminary striping for bike lanes on western Cesar Chavez Street and a “green wave” on 11th Street in west SoMa. The unprotected bike lanes being installed on Cesar Chavez are part of the ongoing rehab on the section west of Hampshire Street. A photo […]

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 […]

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