Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bay Bridge

Bay Bridge Bike Path Set to Open to Yerba Buena, Close Weekdays

By Melanie Curry | Oct 21, 2016 | 12 Comments

Update: Caltrans officially announced the opening of the island end of the path will happen at noon on Sunday [PDF]. The press release includes a map of the shuttle route, which will run every 30 minutes between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. on weekends and holidays. And here’s an explanatory video they made. At long […]

Eyes on the Street: Bridge Bike Path Is Still Open

By Melanie Curry | Mar 10, 2016 | 1 Comment

Your intrepid Streetsblog reporter braved a few rain drops to check out the Oakland Bay Bridge bike path yesterday afternoon and found it still open, at least partway, despite Caltran’s recent announcement that it would be completely closed until April. The approach gates were all wide open, and no new signs had been put up. […]

Bay Bridge Bike Path Closed For a Month

By Melanie Curry | Mar 7, 2016 | 17 Comments

“Caltrans is prioritizing safety,” says Friday’s press release announcing that the bike path on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will be closed, beginning today, for the entire month of March. Right when the days are getting longer and that after-work bike ride to the end of the bridge is truly tempting, the entire path will […]

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Will Caltrans Get On Board With a Contraflow Bus Lane on the Bay Bridge?

By Aaron Bialick | May 15, 2015 | 50 Comments

The proposal to improve transbay transit with a contraflow bus lane on the Bay Bridge is gaining traction, as the SF Chronicle reported yesterday. The idea has been pushed by proponents at SPUR, AC Transit, and some BART board members for years as a relatively quick and inexpensive solution to move more people between SF and the East Bay. BART is already […]

Engineers Unveil Designs for Bike/Ped Path on Bay Bridge West Span

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 14, 2011 | 31 Comments

The long-sought addition of bicycle and pedestrian access across the length of the San Francisco Bay Bridge is one step closer to fruition. Last night, engineers presented the first design proposals for a pathway for bicyclists, pedestrians and maintenance crews to the west span, but they say the funding and technical challenges that lie ahead […]

SPUR: How Will 1.7 Million More People Cross the Bay?

By Bryan Goebel | Aug 17, 2011 | 35 Comments

Crossing the Bay from SPUR on Vimeo. SPUR has produced a new video that asks: How will 1.7 million more people cross the Bay? From the SPUR blog: In the last century, visionary planners made major investments linking San Francisco and the East Bay. When the 20th century dawned, the only way to get from […]

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