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SFMTA Requires Permit for Dockless Bike Share
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) has published a permit application for so-called "dockless" bike-share companies. These are companies that offer rental bikes based on smart-phone and GPS technology--unlike the official, Bay Area Bike Share/Ford GoBike system, they don't require fixed docking locations where users have to pick them up and drop them off. The nine-page permit document is online, but here is the breakdown of permitting fees:
July 6, 2017
Punishment Pass on Valencia Highlights Enforcement Chasm
This video came to Streetsblog's attention last week, shortly before the 4th of July holiday. It was posted on 'SF Bikealot's' Youtube channel (Streetsblog has been poking around to try and find SF Bikealot's identity, but so far without success. We hope he'll reach out to us to discuss this video and some others on his channel.)
July 5, 2017
Milestones in Bay Area Transport: SMART Train and Bike-Share
This is a week of milestones (or maybe 'near milestones' is more accurate) for Bay Area transportation.
June 29, 2017
SFMTA Starts ‘Pop Up’ Outreach for Sunset Neighborway
There's a problem with trying to do a pop-up meeting on the corner of 20th Avenue and the Ulloa in the Sunset District--and that problem is wind.
June 28, 2017
What About Bike Safety During Paving and Construction Projects?
Streetsblog tipster Dan Crosby brought this to our attention: due to road work on San Jose, the intersections with Guerrero and Dolores are even more confusing and dangerous for people on bikes.
June 27, 2017
BART’s New Green Machine Bike Racks
BART has launched a pilot project at 16th Street/Mission and Pleasant Hill stations of a new type of bike storage security device. They're called "Bike Keep" racks, but Streetsblog prefers to call them the "Green Machines."
June 23, 2017
Cyclist Killed at Alemany Boulevard and Silver Avenue
Hoodline is reporting that a cyclist was killed yesterday at around 5:30 p.m. in a collision with a car at the intersection of Silver and Alemany Boulevard. The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition says the victim's name was Moises Chavez, a 51-year-old man. "Our hearts are heavy this morning and our thoughts are with family and friends of the victim," they wrote on their Twitter feed.
June 21, 2017
A Talk with the Head of Oakland’s DOT
Streetsblog caught up with Russo on Friday near his office in downtown Oakland to talk about how he's settling in, what he thinks of the strides Oakland has made so far, and how he will shepherd the department towards a safer, more equitable and more sustainable future.
June 19, 2017
If Ride-Hails are the Future, Why so Much Parking at One Oak?
The San Francisco County Transportation Authority (CTA) released the results yesterday of what it calls "the first comprehensive estimate of the volume, frequency and coverage of ride-hailing trips by Uber and Lyft in San Francisco."
June 14, 2017
What Happened to West Portal’s Lonely Little Bike Lockers?
Four BikeLink electronic bike lockers used to live in the back corner of the Ulloa Street parking lot, 140 paces from Muni's West Portal Station. But now they're gone.
June 9, 2017
