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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 […]
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 […]
Some Residents Urge City to Make Bolder Safety Upgrades on Potrero
By Aaron Bialick |
The city’s latest proposal to improve safety and transit service on Potrero Avenue is slightly different than earlier versions of the plan. While the redesign would expand pedestrian space, some residents at a public meeting yesterday pointed out that it could do much more to make the street safer for biking and walking. Staff from the Department […]
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: Addressing Anti-Ped/Bike Bias at the SFPD
By Streetsblog |
This week, the SF Bicycle Coalition will hold an advocacy strategy meeting on the push for better SFPD crash investigations. The Planning Department hosts an open house on its Living Alley Project in Hayes Valley, the Department of Public Works hosts another open house on the Potrero Avenue redesign, and the SFMTA Board of Directors […]