Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Colored Bike Lanes

SFMTA Crews Begin Filling in Green Bikeway Gaps on Market Street

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 28, 2011 | 12 Comments

SFMTA crews were spotted installing more green coloring on the Market Street bike lanes today, and say they expect to complete the entire section between Octavia Boulevard and 8th Street in time for Bike to Work Day May 12. A dashed green treatment can now be found on the sections of bike lanes approaching Van […]

Hopenhagen or Carbonhagen, We’ll Still be Cycling Regardless

By Chris Carlsson | Dec 17, 2009 | 9 Comments

Cycling chic in Copenhagen, and this is a cold day in December! I caught Mikael Colville-Andersen’s inspiring talk on urban cycling from the Copenhagen context at San Francisco’s SPUR on the last Friday of October. I suggested we could do an interview when I came to Copenhagen in December and he graciously agreed, stepping outside […]

News From New York: The ABC’s of Trial Plazas and Complete Streets

By Matthew Roth | Apr 2, 2009 | 8 Comments

The trial plaza at Madison Square When we wrote about the trial pedestrian plaza on 17th Street and Market Street that DPW expects to start this May, the story generated numerous doubts about how the city would create a successful public space out of a busy street abutting a gas station. As commenter Josh said, […]

Loving the Blue Bike Lane in Brisbane

By Bryan Goebel | Feb 13, 2009 | 13 Comments

While all bicycle facility improvements in San Francisco remain at a halt because of a disruptive bike injunction, other Bay Area cities are moving ahead. Take Brisbane. Our reporter, Matthew Roth, snapped this photo of a blue bike lane that was installed near the Brisbane/South San Francisco border in early January. The concept was thought […]