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SFMTA Stripes Bike Lane, Sharrows to Improve Holloway Bike Corridor
The SFMTA recently striped a partial bike lane and sharrows on a block of Lee Avenue connecting Ocean and Holloway Avenues in Ingleside. The improvements are a small piece of a plan to calm traffic and improve bicycling conditions on the Holloway corridor, which connects SF State University to City College Ocean Campus and the Balboa Park BART Station.
June 29, 2012
SFMTA Sets 25 MPH Limits on Four SoMa Streets. Time for Speed Cams?
Speed limits have been lowered from 30 MPH to 25 MPH on Howard, Folsom, Harrison, and Bryant Streets in the South of Market area, the SFMTA announced yesterday.
June 8, 2012
Envisioning the Wiggle as a People-Centered Greenway
The SF Bicycle Coalition (SFBC) has posted new visuals on its website depicting how streets on the Wiggle could be transformed into greener, traffic-calmed streets oriented toward safe walking and bicycling.
May 30, 2012
Eyes on the Street: SFMTA Striping Ladder Crosswalks on the Wiggle
The SFMTA is installing ladder crosswalks at intersections along the Wiggle.
May 23, 2012
Eyes on the Street: SFMTA Restores Two-Way Traffic on Ellis
The SFMTA last week restored two-way traffic on four blocks of Ellis Street, from Polk to Jones Streets. It's the final phase of a project that also converted two blocks of the adjacent Eddy Street last month, bringing humane traffic speeds to what used to be highway-like, one-way arterial streets.
May 22, 2012
Tomorrow: Why Is the SFMTA Raising a Speed Limit and Closing Crosswalks?
Tomorrow's bi-weekly SFMTA engineering hearing has a couple of peculiar items on the agenda:
May 17, 2012
New “Better Streets” Website Helps Residents Untangle City Bureaucracy
The San Francisco Better Streets Program launched a new website this week to provide a central source of information to help residents procure street improvements like traffic-calming measures, parklets, bike corrals, plantings, art installations, sidewalk fixtures, and permits for car-free events in their neighborhood.
May 16, 2012
SFMTA Completes Implementation of 15-MPH Zones at 181 Schools
San Francisco became the first major city in California to implement all of its planned 15-MPH school zones, the SFMTA announced today. With proper enforcement, the measure promises make the streets surrounding 181 schools safer and more inviting for students and parents walking and biking.
May 14, 2012
SFMTA Stripes Bike Lanes on Folsom Street Connecting SoMa and the Mission
The SFMTA striped new bike lanes on Folsom Street between 13th and 19th Streets last week, creating a safer and more direct connection for bike commuters between SoMa and the Mission.
April 30, 2012
Eyes on the Street: Bike Traffic Signals Going in at Page and Stanyan
A new set of traffic lights that include bicycle-specific signals were erected at Page and Stanyan Streets this week at the recently renovated Golden Gate Park entrance in the Upper Haight. Crews said the lights should be activated in roughly a few weeks, though they couldn't confirm a date.
April 25, 2012