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The Fell Street Separated Bike Lane Has Arrived
The basic striping for a separated bike lane on Fell Street now links the Wiggle to the Panhandle, a milestone in the years-long campaign to make one of San Francisco's most important bicycle routes more appealing to all. Crews from the SF Municipal Transportation Agency yesterday striped the 5-foot buffer separating the bike lane from motor traffic, the most significant sign of progress yet on this long-awaited street safety project.
November 20, 2012
Eyes on the Street: First Fell Street Bike Lane Markings on the Ground
Crews laid down the first preliminary stripes of the three-block separated bike lane on Fell Street this morning. The SF Municipal Transportation Agency is moving ahead with the safer connection between the Wiggle and the Panhandle, confident that a legal appeal filed against the project will be denied.
November 15, 2012
Standing Up to Legal Appeal, SFMTA Moves Ahead With Fell Street Bike Lane
Opponents of the Fell and Oak Street bikeway and pedestrian improvements filed an appeal last week seeking to delay implementation of street safety measures on the critical three-block stretch linking the Panhandle to the Wiggle, but the legal gambit will not slow down construction of the bike lane on Fell currently underway, the SF Municipal Transportation Agency says.
November 14, 2012
Livable City: With Smarter Land Use, SFCTA Could Avert “Total Gridlock”
San Francisco's South of Market district will be crippled by gridlock within a generation unless the city makes major improvements to its transit, bicycle, and pedestrian infrastructure and implements policies that entice commuters to travel by means other than driving.
November 13, 2012
To Become a Great Biking City, SF Needs to Stop Crawling and Start Running
Our Streetfilm from 2010 documented the experience of North American transportation officials and advocates in Copenhagen during the latest Velo-City conference.
November 9, 2012
Remembering Ellen Fletcher, Palo Alto’s Pioneer Bicycle Advocate
Cross-posted from Cyclelicious.
November 8, 2012
SFMTA Begins Work on Fell Street Protected Bike Lane
Note: I returned last night from an East Coast vacation and Streetsblog meet-up, and was fortunate enough to avoid the worst of Hurricane Sandy. Best wishes to all of those who are recovering from the storm and the devastation left in its wake. Check out the coverage from my office-exiled colleagues in NYC about how New Yorkers are handling the transportation crisis.
November 2, 2012
On the Ballot: A Key to Alameda County’s Sustainable Transportation Future
Alameda County could usher in a new era of progressive transportation projects if voters pass a proposed half-cent sales tax increase known as Measure B1 on November 6.
October 24, 2012
SFMTA Reveals Strategy to Streamline Traffic Calming Projects
Swamped by demand for safer streets, the SF Municipal Transportation Agency has been working to overhaul the way it delivers speed humps, sidewalk bulb-outs, chicanes, and other measures proven to tame traffic speeds and save lives.
October 18, 2012
SFMTA Board Approves Fell and Oak Bikeways, Work to Begin This Month
Construction will begin this month on physically separated bike lanes and pedestrian safety improvements on three critical blocks of Fell and Oak Streets after the project was approved unanimously yesterday by the SF Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors.
October 17, 2012