Bike Lanes

The SFMTA recently made some upgrades to bike lanes and pedestrian crossings around Valencia Street and Market Street.

This post is part of The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets.

Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets.

The Oakland City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a road diet and parking-protected bike lanes to Telegraph Avenue, eliciting cheers from East Bay bike advocates.

If all goes according to plan, Oakland could get its first parking-protected bike lanes on Telegraph Avenue next spring.

Ever since the Embarcadero was uncovered from beneath a freeway more than two decades ago, San Franciscans' appetite for a more people-friendly waterfront only seems to have grown.

If the tow trucks stowed in the Fell Street bike lane weren't enough a blatantly dangerous abuse of space for people on bikes, the situation on its Oak Street counterpart can be even more egregious. Patrick Traughber recently tweeted the above photo of five vehicles parked in Oak's curbside, buffered bike lane, squeezing bike commuters alongside passing motor traffic in the door zone.

Mayoral candidate Sam Liccardo and District 3 City Council candidates Don Gagliardi and Raul Peralez all sought to demonstrate their support for improving cycling conditions in the state's third-largest city at both September's San Jose Bike Party and the inaugural San Jose Bike Life Festival.

Governor Jerry Brown signed two bills on Saturday that will make it easier for California cities to build better bike infrastructure.