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San Francisco May Get Its First Green Bike Lane on Fell Street
By Bryan Goebel |
Image: SFMTA San Francisco would get its first green bike lane under a new MTA proposal (PDF) to fix the troubled intersection of Divisadero and Fell streets near the entrance to the Arco station, where drivers queuing up to get gas obstruct the bike lane and block the sidewalk, creating hazardous conditions for people who […]
SoMa to Get SF’s First Protected Intersection…in One Direction at Least
By Roger Rudick |
SFMTA announced late last week that San Francisco will soon break ground on the first protected intersection in San Francisco. From the agency’s web article: A new type of safer intersection design for San Francisco breaks ground this week: The city’s first “protected intersection” treatment is coming to 9th and Division streets. Protected intersections use a […]
Woman on Bike Killed by Truck Driver on Folsom: Charges Off the Table?
By Aaron Bialick |
An unidentified 24-year-old woman was killed while bicycling on Folsom at Sixth Street this morning when she was hit by a big rig truck driver, according to SFPD and media reports. The victim is the third bicycle rider killed in San Francisco this year, and each death has involved a truck driver. Although the driver seemed […]
Why Sharrows Don’t Cut it: Even SF Bike Safety Instructor Bert Hill Got Hit
By Aaron Bialick |
When a driver rear-ended Bert Hill, he was using all of the safe bicycling techniques in the book — after all, he’s one of the most heavily-consulted bike safety instructors in San Francisco. Hill even had a major role in the SFMTA’s new video for Muni drivers on how to share the streets with people on bikes. […]
Tonight: Tell the SFMTA to Put Protected Bike Lanes on the Table for Polk
By Aaron Bialick |
The second open house on the Polk Street safety improvements is tonight. While the agency has said protected bike lanes are not on the table for most of Polk, don’t be discouraged from showing up. This is your chance to tell the SFMTA you support protected bike lanes along the entire street. As we’ve seen, Supervisor David […]
Man on Bike Killed by Garbage Truck Driver at 16th and South Van Ness
By Aaron Bialick |
A Recology garbage truck driver ran over and killed a man on a bike at 16th Street and South Van Ness Avenue this morning at about 6:45 a.m., according to the SF Chronicle: A witness said the truck, which was paralleling the male bicyclist on eastbound 16th, tried to make a right turn onto southbound […]