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17th Street Flourishes With Bicycle Traffic as SFMTA Extends Bike Lanes
By Aaron Bialick |
Seventeenth Street seems like it is quickly on its way to becoming one of the city’s busiest bicycle routes, and with SFMTA crews extending the bike lanes east of Valencia this week, it’ll be even more cycle-friendly. New lanes were partially striped from Valencia to Treat Streets yesterday, and the section from Potrero to Kansas is planned this […]
Eyes on the Street: SFMTA Crews Begin Striping 17th Street Bike Lanes
By Aaron Bialick |
Bicyclists have begun taking advantage of the new bike lanes being installed this week along the western section of the 17th Street corridor, with many riders saying they began feeling a greater sense of safety just as soon as the first stripes were laid down by Wednesday from Valencia to Church Streets. In interviews with Streetsblog, […]
City Files List of Bike Projects Likely in First Year After Injunction is Lifted
By Michael Rhodes |
Flickr photo: Thomas Hawk The city plans to paint bike lanes in 22 locations within the first year after the Bike Plan injunction is lifted, all of which would be reversible upon a court order, according to a filing [PDF] by the City’s Attorney’s office today. At a hearing on lifting the three-year-old injunction on […]
Eyes on the Street: Crews Begin Striping Bike Lanes on 8th and 17th Streets
By Aaron Bialick |
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 […]
This Week: Polk Open House, Sunday Streets in the Mission
By Streetsblog |
The final plan for Polk Street will be presented at an open house, where you can give your feedback on the proposal, which calls for protected bike lanes on only 11 blocks in one direction. Also this week: Ask the SFMTA about the Muni Transit Effectiveness Project at a forum with the SF Transit Riders Union, […]