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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 […]
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 […]
Potrero Ave. Safety Redesign Limps Toward the Finish Line
By Aaron Bialick |
Updated 11/14, 2:34 p.m. with response from Supervisor David Campos below. Design options for the embattled plan to improve safety Potrero Avenue have come down to the two blocks between 22nd and 24th Streets in front of SF General Hospital. According to a vote via stickers placed on a board, most attendees at a public […]
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, […]
Protected Bike Lanes, Dual Bus Lanes Still Left Out of Potrero Ave. Plan
By Aaron Bialick |
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 […]