Bicycle Infrastructure

San Francisco is almost ready to open its newest protected bike lane.

Advocates met with bike business representatives and others to talk about new technology, bike share, and how to make San Francisco a more bike-friendly city.

Jason Henderson is a geography professor at San Francisco State, writer of the book Street Fight: The Struggle over Urban Mobility in San Francisco, co-author of Low Car(Bon) Communities: Inspiring Car-Free and Car-Lite Urban Futures, and a Streetsblog contributor.

There's a new survey out from the Panhandle Residents Organization (PRO) asking local residents whether they would like parking-protected bike lanes added to Fell and Oak along the length of the Panhandle.

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Suddenly a white car passed close, horn blaring. It was a classic "punishment pass.” I was in the right lane. The left/passing lane was empty. There was simply no reason for it.

Now, before we get into the nominations in this category, we have to say this: all the groups are great! People who dedicate their lives to making our cities safer, more livable, more equitable, and more sustainable deserve all the praise they can get. These are people who are smart and dedicated and give more than their pound of flesh. They are all underpaid and over worked...wait, underpaid? Often they work for nothing.

This morning, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and the Department of Public works did a "ribbon cutting" ceremony (minus an actual ribbon) of San Francisco's first protected intersection, located at 9th and Division in SoMa.

Late last week, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation agency announced the results of a survey on its "Raised Bikeway Demonstration Project" on Market Street. SFMTA staffers are recommending a combination of features, plus bollards or some other kind of protection.