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Bike Lane Progress on JFK, Bayshore, Cesar Chavez, and Cargo Way
Bike network expansions are going in at a rapid clip so far this spring. In Golden Gate Park, parking-protected bike lanes on John F. Kennedy Drive are mostly finished on the stretch in front of the Conservatory of Flowers, and drivers already seem to be picking up on the new parking arrangement.
April 6, 2012
SF Among Cities Selected by Bikes Belong to Fast Track Protected Bike Lanes
The Bikes Belong Foundation has chosen six cities to fast track physically protected bikeway designs that make cycling safer and more accessible to a wide range of people.
April 4, 2012
SFMTA Unveils Fell and Oak Bikeway Designs, Pushes Timeline to Spring 2013
The SFMTA revealed the design [PDF] for protected bike lanes on three blocks of Fell and Oak Streets at an open house on Saturday. The plan would create a safer connection from the Panhandle to the Wiggle by installing a one-way buffered bike lane on each street, partially separated from motor traffic by planters. The proposal would also paint green markings where bike traffic merges with turning motor traffic, re-calibrate the traffic signals for 20 MPH movement, construct pedestrian bulb-outs and zebra-striped crosswalks, and add angled car parking spaces (mostly on Baker Street) to replace over half of those removed to make way for the bikeways.
April 2, 2012
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
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
Bike-Share Launch Pushed Back to August to Give Bidders More Time
The Bay Area's regional bike-share pilot program will now launch no earlier than August and may be phased in over a two-month period.
March 21, 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