Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Sharrows

East San Jose Bikeway Plan Scrutinized, Park Avenue Parking Debate Begins

By Andrew Boone | Aug 11, 2014 | 5 Comments

About two dozen residents attended a San Jose Department of Transportation (SJDOT) community meeting last Wednesday, where staff gathered public input on four upcoming bike lane and sharrow projects planned for east San Jose streets. Five other projects, which will add bike lanes and sharrows to streets west of downtown — and, to the chagrin […]

Eyes on the Street: East Palo Alto’s First Sharrows

By Andrew Boone | May 6, 2014 | 10 Comments

When East Palo Alto repaved Woodland Avenue between Newell Avenue and West Bayshore Road in late March, one half-mile of the city’s bumpiest pothole-filled street was suddenly transformed into its smoothest one, complete with new striping and well-placed sharrows on top. City planners hope the sharrows will help residents bike and drive more predictably on Woodland’s […]

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Eyes on the Street: Easier Bike Navigation at Market and Buchanan

By Aaron Bialick | May 5, 2014 | 11 Comments

Doing the Wiggle should be a little easier, thanks to new green-backed sharrows and plastic posts installed by the SFMTA last week. These help bike commuters navigate the entrance to the Duboce bikeway, at Market and Buchanan Streets. The sharrows are intended to establish a clearer path for bike traffic heading both to and from […]

Eyes on the Street: More Green-Backed Sharrows on Market Street

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 11, 2013 | 4 Comments

The SFMTA continues to paint green-backed sharrows along lower Market Street in the wake of a re-paving by the Department of Public Works. The new markings have been spotted as far east as Fourth Street. The combination is a nice treat that may help tide over San Franciscans who are still waiting for raised, protected bike […]

Green-Backed Sharrows Pleasantly Surprise Riders on the Wiggle

By Aaron Bialick | May 10, 2012 | 10 Comments

Commuters on the Wiggle got a Bike to Work Day surprise this morning: green-backed sharrows guiding bicycle riders through the intersection of Steiner and Waller Streets. The “sharrows were painted VERY early this morning and they are permanent,” says a post on the SFMTA’s Livable Streets Facebook page. Agency staff wrote that more will be added “as […]

Two-Way McAllister Provides a Direct Route for 5-Fulton Riders

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 8, 2011 | 12 Comments

Two-way access on the east end of McAllister Street has been restored for Muni buses, bicycles, and commercial vehicles, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) announced last week. The conversion, completed last Thursday, provides a more direct route to Market Street for the 5-Fulton Muni line, which has long been forced to detour off […]

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