Wiggle to the Market
"Bring your bike and a helmet and receive reusable bags, coupons for free produce and frequent biker cards. The group will then ride the Wiggle to the Upper Haight Farmers’ Market to redeem coupons, shop and enter a raffle."
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SFPD Still Targeting Bike Commuters Rolling Stop Signs on the Wiggle
By Aaron Bialick |
Bicycle commuters on the Wiggle continue to be confronted by SFPD officers posted at intersections issuing warnings and tickets for what police deem to be dangerous violations of stop sign laws. Police claim they’re obligated to respond to complaints from neighbors who apparently see the behavior as a threat to public safety. But there have been […]
City Sets Out to Create Safer, Greener Streets on the Wiggle
By Aaron Bialick |
The Wiggle could be transformed into a greener, more bicycle- and pedestrian-friendly route in the coming years thanks to a new planning effort launched by the SFMTA and the SF Public Utilities Commission. At an open house community meeting yesterday, planners shopped potential treatments like traffic diverters, traffic circles, bulb-outs, and raised crosswalks that could […]
Delayed Again, “Better Market Street” Could Move Bikeway to Mission Street
By Aaron Bialick |
The latest news from the Better Market Street project could be a setback for implementing a safe, accessible bike network in San Francisco — not just because construction has been pushed back to 2017, four years past the original date — but because one of the three proposals that planners will study involves building a […]
Misguided Enforcement Precedes ThinkBike Improvements on the Wiggle
By Aaron Bialick |
The Wiggle — the growingly popular, mostly-flat bicycling route connecting SF’s eastern and western neighborhoods — should become more bike-friendly in the next year. After consulting with Dutch bicycle planners, the SFMTA is planning new upgrades to increase the safety and comfort of people walking and biking on the route, including “green-backed” sharrows, zebra-striped crosswalks, […]
Sign on, Root in, Branch Out
By Chris Carlsson |
Imagine the Wiggle as fully green bikeway, with agriculture and an open creek instead of cars! He skirted Market Pond and made his way up to the Wiggle. Passing through a green arching gate he rolled along next to a long aging wall that had seen better days. On the other side of the wall […]
Eyes on the Street: Geary’s Bus Lane, Wiggle’s Curbs Get Red Paint
By Aaron Bialick |
Updated 4/23 2:45 p.m. with corrected project timelines for the painted bus lanes. The SFMTA started adding the red carpet treatment to Geary Street’s bus-only lane, and started painting curbs red to daylight, or improve visibility at, corners along the Wiggle. The Geary/O’Farrell Street couplet, between Powell and Gough Streets, is the second of three […]