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NIMBYs Fight Glen Park GoBike Station
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Neighborhood objections and fear of lost car parking are tying up a planned bike share rack at the corner of Chenery and Randall Streets
SFMTA Board Wants the Option of a Full-Length Bike Lane on Polk
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As the vote on the Polk Street redesign approaches in the coming months, the SFMTA Board of Directors last week requested that planners present the board with a pilot project option for bolder bike safety improvements along the length of the project area. Currently, the SFMTA’s preferred option calls only for sharrows and rush-hour parking bans on […]
Prop L Proponent Makes False Accusations Against SFBC, SFMTA About Polk
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Chris Bowman, a Republican proponent of the Prop L “Restore Transportation Balance” ballot measure, aimed false accusations at the SF Bicycle Coalition and pro-bike SFMTA officials in a panel discussion this week. Bowman and Supervisor Scott Wiener were featured at the forum, organized by the Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club, to discuss Prop L. […]
Advocates Demand Protected Bike Lanes
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Huge Rally for protected bike lanes on Howard, Folsom, and on all dangerous corridors
SFMTA Increases Fines for Double Parking and Sidewalk Riding
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Yesterday the SFMTA Board of Directors signed off on raising fines for double parking, obstructing traffic, and riding bikes on sidewalks to $100. The fines were previously $80, $50, and $50 respectively — “substantially lower than the penalties for similar violations” set in 2010, according to the SFMTA [PDF]. Although Director Bruce Oka said increasing […]
City Prepares to Remove Paul Avenue Bike Lane
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Streetsblog tipster Chris Waddling brought this to our attention: apparently a new bike lane in the Bayview District may soon get removed. “Supervisor Cohen is seriously considering bowing to people demanding that new bike lanes on Paul Ave be removed a mere months after they went in,” wrote Waddling, in an email to Streetsblog. “There […]