Eyes on the Street: Update on San Jose’s Downtown Bike Treatments
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A quick look at the good, the bad and the ugly in San Jose's ongoing efforts to make streets safe.
Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycle Plan
Google “Bike Vision” in Limbo After Mountain View Rejects Office Expansion
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Google’s “Bike Vision Plan” [PDF], which calls for a network of bike-friendly streets in and around its Mountain View campus, may not become a reality if the Mountain View City Council rejects the company’s plans to expand office space. On May 5, the council approved just one office building, at Landings Avenue, and held off on approval of the other three […]
Alta’s Mia Birk Helps Mountain View Kick Off Its Latest Bike Plan
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How bikeable can Mountain View become? Last Monday, the city welcomed Alta Planning + Design President Mia Birk to help kick off an update to its 2008 Bicycle Transportation Plan. Birk had plenty to share about how Portland transformed itself into one of the best cities for biking in North America. Birk was hired as the city’s […]
San Mateo’s Hillsdale Ped/Bike Bridge Moves Onto Final Regulatory Hurdle
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Last Monday, San Mateo’s City Council reviewed a draft report ahead of the last step in the permitting process for the city’s ambitious Hillsdale Pedestrian/Bicyclist Bridge over Highway 101. The bridge has been needed ever since the interchange was rebuilt and expanded in 2002, which made crossing the highway more hazardous for people walking and […]
Fifth Street Bike Lane Plans on Hold for Central Subway Construction
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Plans for bike lanes on Fifth Street, which would connect Market Street to the Fourth and King Caltrain Station, are on hold at least until the Central Subway is completed in 2019. Originally, the 2009 SF Bike Plan called for conventional bike lanes on Fifth, painted between parked cars and moving cars. But during subway […]
SFMTA’s Draft List for the Next Generation of Bikeways
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The SFMTA has released a draft list of the 68 street segments it’s looking to include in the next wave of improvements to the city’s bicycle network [PDF]. The SF Bicycle Coalition mapped out the list and is asking its members to weigh in on a survey about which streets should take top priority. The SFMTA’s […]