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Eyes on the Street: Oak Street Protected Bike Lane Ready to Ride
The Oak Street protected bike lane was opened to bicycle traffic today -- the SFMTA finished striping and bike traffic signals just in time to welcome commuters on Bike to Work Day tomorrow, according to the agency's Livable Streets Facebook page. Crews got the job done at an impressive pace once it became a top priority, completing nearly all of the work since the first signs of construction appeared last Thursday.
May 8, 2013
SFMTA Aiming to Install Oak Bike Lane By Bike to Work Day
The SFMTA expects to have the protected bike lane on Oak Street and the Market Street bicycle counter ready on Bike to Work Day -- next Thursday, May 9 -- according to agency staff.
May 3, 2013
Tonight: Tell the SFMTA to Put Protected Bike Lanes on the Table for Polk
The second open house on the Polk Street safety improvements is tonight. While the agency has said protected bike lanes are not on the table for most of Polk, don't be discouraged from showing up. This is your chance to tell the SFMTA you support protected bike lanes along the entire street. As we've seen, Supervisor David Chiu isn't going to stand up and make that case for you.
April 30, 2013
SF Still Waiting for David Chiu to Stand Up for Protected Bike Lanes on Polk
Supervisor David Chiu has paid more lip service to making San Francisco a bike-friendly city than any other politician in recent years. Yet even as the SFMTA backs away from protected bike lanes on Polk Street -- which not only lies partially in Chiu's District 3, but also serves as his own bike commute route to City Hall -- San Franciscans have yet to see the Board of Supervisors president stand behind the vision he's touted.
April 30, 2013
SFMTA Drops Protected Bike Lane Proposals for Most of Polk Street
The SF Municipal Transportation Agency has taken protected bike lanes off the table for 14 of 20 blocks of Polk Street under its latest design options [PDF].
April 29, 2013
Separated Bike-Ped Path Coming to Mansell Street in McLaren Park by 2016
Mansell Street, which runs through McLaren Park, is poised to get a two-way bikeway and a walking and jogging path separated from motor traffic under a plan approved by the Recreation and Parks Commission last week.
April 23, 2013
Spot-By-Spot, or Route-By-Route? SFMTA Refines Its Bicycle Strategy
The SF Municipal Transportation Agency is pondering the most effective way to improve the city's bicycle network in the coming years as it rolls out its Bicycle Strategy: Should planners focus bicycle improvements on dangerous and stressful spots throughout the city, or focus on upgrading major bike corridors to the highest quality of comfort first?
April 19, 2013
Bicycle Traffic Counter Could Come to Market Street by Bike to Work Day
San Francisco will get its first bicycle traffic counter within the next month. The SF Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors sealed the deal yesterday on a bike counter for Market Street between Ninth and Tenth Streets.
April 17, 2013
Eyes on the Street: New Bike Markings and Crosswalks at Market/Octavia
The SFMTA installed some green-backed bike stencils and upgraded ladder-style crosswalks at Market Street and Octavia Boulevard, the intersection that sees the most pedestrian and bicycle injuries in San Francisco.
April 15, 2013
SFMTA Adds Temporary Posts to Separate Fell Street Bike Lane From Traffic
The SF Municipal Transportation Agency brought the Market Street treatment to Fell Street yesterday, installing some plastic "safe-hit" posts along its three-block bike lane as a temporary safety measure, after the agency announced last week that concrete planters may not arrive until the end of the year.
April 11, 2013