SFBC Service Station: Market and Octavia

By Abigail Shull
Mar 29, 2010

"The SF Bicycle Coalition will be out at Market & Octavia pumping up tires and rallying support for upcoming Market Street changes. Stop by, fuel up on air for your tires and learn more about big changes coming to Market Street."

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Planning Commission Upholds Market/Octavia Parking Limits in Key Test

By Michael Rhodes | May 17, 2010

A rendering of the proposed mixed-use development at 555 Fulton Street. Image: San Francisco Planning Department. In a major test of the Market and Octavia Area Plan and of the city’s parking policy, the Planning Commission unanimously rejected a developer’s request last week for far more parking than is allowed, even with a conditional use […]

New Muni-Only Lanes Streamline Buses on Haight, Lincoln at 19th Avenue

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 2, 2014

Muni riders have just gotten some sweet new transit-only lanes to speed up their commutes. Red paint is on the ground for two new bus lanes: One at Lincoln Way and 19th Avenue, and another on the east end of Haight Street. A new left-turn lane, exclusively for Muni buses, went into operation this week […]

MTA Board Backs Plan to Eliminate Bike Lane at Market/Octavia

By Bryan Goebel | Jan 7, 2009

The Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors has unanimously endorsed its traffic engineer's plan to remove the eastbound bike lane on Market Street at Octavia Boulevard despite pleas from bicyclists and advocates.

City Planner Hurt by Driver Making Illegal Right Turn at Market and Octavia

By Bryan Goebel | Aug 25, 2011

John Billovits is all too familiar with the perils of one of the city’s most hazardous intersections for bicyclists. For the past decade, he has traveled through the Market and Octavia intersection on his daily bicycle commute. As a senior planner at the San Francisco Planning Department, Billovits was also the project manager for the […]

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Upper Market Street Gets First Phase of Safety Upgrades

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 20, 2015

The SFMTA has completed its first wave of safety upgrades on Upper Market Street. The changes include painted sidewalk extensions (a.k.a. “safety zones”), high-visibility crosswalks, and signs prohibiting drivers from turning right at red lights. SFMTA officials and Supervisor Scott Wiener held a press conference today to mark the completion of the improvements between Octavia […]

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Police Ticket Cyclists Who Fail to Navigate Market and Octavia’s Bad Design

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 5, 2015

Police were seen ticketing people on bikes navigating a poorly-designed junction at the dangerous Market Street and Octavia Boulevard intersection yesterday in the latest “People Behaving Badly” segment from KRON 4’s Stanley Roberts. The bike lane’s design is so flawed, in fact, that the only bike commuter Roberts showed navigating it properly happened to be one of the […]