Closing a major gap in Marin's off-street bike network
The Marin County Bicycle Coalition is gathering support--and signatures--as part of a campaign to get the Alto Tunnel, an old rail tunnel, reopened for cyclists. "In order to create a seamless, safe link between southern and central Marin."
Friends of the Alto Tunnel are dedicated to seeing the reopening of the tunnel, providing people of all ages and abilities a safe, easily accessible, car-free way to walk and bike between central and southern Marin and beyond. We believe that Marin needs to provide more ways for people of all ages and abilities to get around without the use of a car, improving air quality and traffic for all.
As MCBC's allies over at Friends of the Alto Tunnel explain on their web page, it would "connect Mill Valley to Corte Madera, and complete a greenway from southern to northern Marin" They add that it will be useful for "commuting, transportation, exercise, recreation – to walk, bike , and roll safely and efficiently, enjoying the beauty of our communities for generations to come."
Marin cyclists--and anybody else who's interested--should be sure to sign the petition.
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition wants your input: is the org going in the right direction?
1) The impact of the Coalition; and 2) What you think the Coalition's role should be in the future. We will analyze this data and use it to inform our ongoing practices as well as our theory of change.
The survey will close on July 1, so be sure to take a few minutes to fill it out and let the SFBC know what you think.
Fell/Panhandle protected bike lane becomes permanent
Fell Street's protected bike lane along the Panhandle shortly after it opened in 2020. Photo: Terra Curtis
This is a fantastic outcome that we are stoked to have advocated for since 2016 and earlier.@SFMTA_Muni staff have told us that the twin on Oak should be in the ground early 2024, following a DPW project on Oak in late 2023.
This is great news of course (even if nobody really thought the lane, which has been open since the summer of 2020, was going to get ripped out). Now all eyes will be focused on Oak. And the death-trap intersections on Fell at Masonic and Stanyan/Shrader.
Hearing tonight. Just south of the new bridge over Corte Madera Creek there's a short and vital but super sketchy gap on the route to Wornum Drive. Now a Larkspur City Council person wants to kill a project to close this gap.