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Bike-Share Coming to SF and Silicon Valley This July
San Francisco and four cities in Silicon Valley will launch the region's first bike-share system this July, implementing a new transportation option that cities around the world have embraced to expand access to bicycling.
February 2, 2012
Misguided Enforcement Precedes ThinkBike Improvements on the Wiggle
The Wiggle -- the growingly popular, mostly-flat bicycling route connecting SF's eastern and western neighborhoods -- should become more bike-friendly in the next year. After consulting with Dutch bicycle planners, the SFMTA is planning new upgrades to increase the safety and comfort of people walking and biking on the route, including "green-backed" sharrows, zebra-striped crosswalks, and bikeways on Fell and Oak Streets, which planners now say are coming next winter.
January 31, 2012
Will SF’s Leaders Turn Transport Policy Innovations Into Lasting Change?
San Francisco was one of two cities this week to receive the Institute for Transportation and Development's prestigious 2012 Sustainable Transport Award. No doubt, the ITDP award was well-deserved for the SFMTA's successful implementation of the groundbreaking SFPark program, as well as the SF Planning Department's proliferation of parklets under its Pavement to Parks program. Those efforts have grabbed attention around the world.
January 27, 2012
SFMTA Delays Fell and Oak Bikeways to Spring 2013 to Create More Parking
Separated bikeways on Fell and Oak Streets won't come until spring 2013 at the earliest, nearly a year later than originally proposed, the SFMTA told Streetsblog today.
January 20, 2012
SFPark Mission Bay Plan Sees Backlash from Potrero Hill Residents
An SFMTA plan to put a rational price on car parking around the developing Mission Bay area has run into fierce backlash from residents and merchants from the Potrero Hill, Dogpatch and northeastern Mission neighborhoods.
January 13, 2012
Stockton Bus Riders Take a Back Seat to Central Subway Construction
As if squeezing onto the 30-Stockton wasn't already undignifying enough, Muni riders on Stockton Street soon face a four-year detour to make room for the construction of the Central Subway project.
January 12, 2012
Slow Progress in Curbing SFMTA’s Costly Overtime and Work Orders
As the SFMTA struggles to provide reliable Muni service, little headway has been made in curbing the amount it spends on staff overtime and work orders issued to other departments.
December 9, 2011
Bikeway Update: JFK Drive Coming in January, East Cesar Chavez in March
Update: An explanation for the delay of the JFK bikeway project was provided by SFMTA staff below.
December 7, 2011
Eyes on the Street: Portola Drive Bike Lanes Get Striped
SFMTA crews were out striping bike lanes on Portola Drive today from O'Shaughnessy Boulevard to St. Francis Circle. The new lanes complement those striped on the rest of the street in recent months.
December 6, 2011