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Key S.F. Supervisor Commits to Protected Bike Lanes on Upper Market
By Roger Rudick |
Last week, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC) launched a letter-writing drive to make sure protected bike lanes are part of SFMTA's Upper Market Street Safety Project from Octavia to the start of the Duboce bicycle path. It looks as if the campaign worked.
SFMTA Open House on Upper Market Street Protected Bike Lanes
By Aaron Bialick |
This meeting was postponed from April 28. From SFMTA: This open house is an opportunity for the public to learn about upcoming safety improvements coming to the Upper Market corridor. With a clear need to improve safety on Upper Market Street, the SFMTA will explain how proposed engineering measures will directly respond to the existing […]
POSTPONED: SFMTA Open House on Upper Market Street Safety Project
By Aaron Bialick |
This meeting has been postponed to May 5. From SFMTA: This open house is an opportunity for the public to learn about upcoming safety improvements coming to the Upper Market corridor. With a clear need to improve safety on Upper Market Street, the SFMTA will explain how proposed engineering measures will directly respond to the […]
Supe Wiener: Dangerous Upper Market Intersections Need Safety Upgrades
By Aaron Bialick |
D8 Supervisor Scott Wiener today pointed to the need for pedestrian safety upgrades at dangerous, high-speed intersections along Upper Market Street in light of the recent bicycle-pedestrian collision at Market and Castro that killed 71-year old Sutchi Hui. “We have a city that, despite all the work we’ve done, is still in large part designed […]
Hearing Could Delay Upper Market Bike Lanes Again
By Roger Rudick |
A source has informed the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC) that at the San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ regular meeting this afternoon, mayoral appointee Jeff Sheehy may vote for the planned parking-protected bike lanes on Upper Market to be delayed over an environmental challenge to the project. That’s led the SFBC to question Sheehy’s commitment […]
Tomorrow: Support a Safer Upper Market With Protected Bike Lanes
By Aaron Bialick |
The SFMTA will hold an open house tomorrow on bike and pedestrian safety upgrades along upper Market Street, which could include bulb-outs to calm the street’s wide, dangerous intersections and protected bike lanes on some segments. The SFMTA’s proposal hasn’t been presented yet, but safe streets advocates say they worry the bike improvements may not be as […]