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Details on 2nd Street Protected Bike Lanes, Ped Upgrades Come Into Focus
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The plan for raised, parking-protected bike lanes and pedestrian safety improvements on Second Street is shaping up after the Department of Public Works presented new details [PDF] last week. When completed in September 2016, the project is expected to transform Second into a far safer corridor with protected bike lanes, wider sidewalks, pedestrian bulb-outs, more […]
Guest Commentary: Enough Delays, Valencia Street Needs a Protected Bike Lane This Year
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Bill Couch was riding his bike on Valencia Street, between 21st and 22nd, early on the morning of Tuesday, August 21, when he was struck by a hit-and-run driver. “I fractured seven vertebrae, broke two ribs, my left thumb, and underwent a severe concussion,” he posted on Twitter a week after the crash, adding that […]
Protected Bike Lanes, Dual Bus Lanes Still Left Out of Potrero Ave. Plan
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The latest proposals for a redesign of Potrero Avenue include no protected bike lanes and only one transit lane, while the removal of any of the street’s four lanes devoted primarily to private car traffic remains off the table. Planners from the SFMTA and the Department of Public Works presented two design options at an […]
Yes, We Can Fit Protected Bike Lanes and Two Transit Lanes on Potrero
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After listening to city planners say there’s no practical way to redesign Potrero Avenue with protected bike lanes and two transit lanes, Josh Handel didn’t buy it. Handel shared a plan in the Streetsblog comments that includes protected bike lanes and two transit lanes wide enough to fit buses comfortably (unlike those in the city […]
SFMTA Approves 2nd Street Protected Bike Lane Redesign, Ponders Car Bans
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The SFMTA Board of Directors yesterday unanimously approved a redesign of Second Street which will remove traffic lanes and add safety upgrades like raised, protected bike lanes and sidewalk extensions. After years of delay, SFMTA Board members and some attendees at the meeting said it may not go far enough, and that the agency should consider car restrictions […]
Mission Transit Lane Removal Nudged Closer to Reality
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Last April, businesses on Mission Street started to gain some traction in pushing against SFMTA’s “red carpet” bus-only lanes, which they claim—contrary to the available evidence, it should be noted—are hurting their bottom line. The result: Supervisor David Campos asked the SFMTA to “make a radical shift in the program,” as he put it in […]