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Tomorrow: Show Your Support for the Fell and Oak Bikeways
The SFMTA will reveal the proposed design for protected bike lanes on Fell and Oak Streets tomorrow, and supporters need to make their voices heard to ensure the agency doesn't water the project down or it delay it any further.
March 30, 2012
SFPD Issues Targeted Enforcement Plan to Reduce Pedestrian Injuries
The San Francisco Police Department yesterday announced a commitment to reduce pedestrian injuries through targeted enforcement of dangerous driving.
March 29, 2012
Planning Commission OKs Parking-Saturated Condo Project at Embarcadero
A luxury waterfront condo and parking garage development is on its way to the central Embarcadero, even though it would add three times the number of residential parking spaces allowed by law, plus 255 public spaces, to one of San Francisco's most transit-rich destinations.
March 23, 2012
Eyes on the Street: More Progress on JFK Drive Parking-Protected Bikeway
Crews have placed preliminary road markings for the coming re-design of JFK Drive in front of the Conservatory of Flowers.
March 22, 2012
Crews Installing Bike Lanes, Two-Way Bikeway on C. Chavez and Cargo Way
Two bike corridors connecting the city's southeastern neighborhoods should be safer after crews finish constructing buffered bike lanes on eastern Cesar Chavez Street and a two-way protected bikeway on Cargo Way.
March 21, 2012
Six Ideas for Saving Bay Area Transit
[Editor's note: This article is re-published with permission from the transit-themed March issue of The Urbanist, the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association's (SPUR) monthly member magazine. The article, written by SPUR Regional Planning Director Egon Terplan, is based on a discussion paper developed by the SPUR Transportation Policy Board. Read the full paper at spur.org/tsp.]
March 14, 2012
Downtown Bike Access Ordinance Clears Key Hurdle at Board of Supes
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors today gave preliminary approval to what advocates call the strongest bicycle access legislation in the country. The ordinance [PDF], which would require downtown building managers to provide secure indoor bicycle parking for employees either on-site or nearby, is expected to receive final approval from the board next week and be signed into law 30 days after that.
March 6, 2012
What SF Needs to Catch Up to NYC’s Bicycling Success: Political Leadership
New York City has raised the bar in recent years for rolling out bicycle improvements and reclaiming public space from automobiles. While San Franciscans have come to expect major delays for bike projects as the norm in their city, New York, the only American city more dense than SF, has zoomed ahead by adding roughly 20 miles of protected bike lanes since 2007, with more on the way. After each new NYC bikeway is built, injuries to all users decline and bicycling increases along the corridor.
March 5, 2012
Want a Protected Bike Lane on Polk Street? Let the SFBC Know
The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition is asking members what kind of improvements they'd like to see to enhance safety and the public realm on Polk Street.
February 29, 2012