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East Palo Alto Begins Design Process for Bike/Pedestrian Overcrossing
This is part two of our series on the proposed bike and pedestrian overcrossing in East Palo Alto. You can read part one here.
November 5, 2012
Advocates: San Mateo County Needs Full-Time Bike/Ped Coordinator
Margaret Pye has been bike commuting from San Carlos to her job at a law firm in Palo Alto for the past 10 years. Pedaling home on Middlefield Road through Menlo Park and Atherton, there are bike lanes, but when she gets to North Fair Oaks in unincorporated San Mateo County, the bike lanes suddenly end with no signs indicating where bike riders should go.
November 1, 2012
Divided By a Highway, East Palo Alto Looks to Reconnect Its West Side
This is the first in a series of stories on East Palo Alto’s proposed bicycle and pedestrian overcrossing.
October 25, 2012
On the Ballot: A Key to Alameda County’s Sustainable Transportation Future
Alameda County could usher in a new era of progressive transportation projects if voters pass a proposed half-cent sales tax increase known as Measure B1 on November 6.
October 24, 2012
Protected Bike Lanes Selected as Preferred Option for 2nd Street Project
Following a public process that revealed a strong preference for protected bike lanes, the SF Department of Public Works yesterday announced the selection of the preferred option for the Second Street Improvement Project. And yes, the design includes one-way protected bike lanes on each side of the street. The redesign will extend from Market Street to King Street, connecting downtown San Francisco to the SOMA district.
October 23, 2012
Mini-Stretch of 15th St. Goes on Road Diet for SFMTA’s “Home Zone” Project
Two blocks of 15th Street, from South Van Ness Avenue to Mission Street, went on a road diet this week. It's part of the SF Municipal Transportation Agency's "Home Zone" pilot project to study the effects of concentrated traffic calming measures on a few blocks around Marshall Elementary School, with the aim of creating a haven of slow-speed streets.
October 19, 2012
SFMTA Reveals Strategy to Streamline Traffic Calming Projects
Swamped by demand for safer streets, the SF Municipal Transportation Agency has been working to overhaul the way it delivers speed humps, sidewalk bulb-outs, chicanes, and other measures proven to tame traffic speeds and save lives.
October 18, 2012
SFMTA Board Approves Fell and Oak Bikeways, Work to Begin This Month
Construction will begin this month on physically separated bike lanes and pedestrian safety improvements on three critical blocks of Fell and Oak Streets after the project was approved unanimously yesterday by the SF Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors.
October 17, 2012
SFDPH Interactive Map Highlights SF’s Most Dangerous Streets for Walking
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October 16, 2012
Charges on Hold for DUI Driver Who Killed Man on Bayshore at the Hairball
The SF District Attorney's office has put charges on hold against the driver who killed pedestrian Francisco Huarcha-Salanic, 31, on Bayshore Boulevard on the dangerous junction with Highway 101 known as the "Hairball."
October 5, 2012