Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Golden Gate Park

The Outside Lands Transpo Crunch: Bringing 65K People Per Day to GG Park

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 7, 2012 | 30 Comments

For the fifth year, San Francisco’s transportation system will absorb one of its largest floods of travelers when 65,000 daily attendees descend upon Golden Gate Park this weekend for the three-day Outside Lands music festival. With festival goers traveling from near and far, promoters have tried each year to curb the number of people arriving […]

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As SFMTA Adds Finishing Touches, JFK Bike Lanes Remain Awesome

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 25, 2012 | 36 Comments

Three months after San Francisco’s first parking-protected bike lanes were striped on John F. Kennedy Drive in Golden Gate Park, the street continues to thrive as a calmer, safer place all users. The flocks of people using the lanes this summer appear to include more families than ever, and by and large, drivers and pedestrians […]

New Bike and Pedestrian Signal Activated at Page and Stanyan Streets

By Aaron Bialick | May 29, 2012 | 1 Comment

A new bicycle and pedestrian traffic signal was spotted in action at Page and Stanyan Streets last Friday, one month after it was installed. People can already be seen making use of the dedicated crossing time, riding and walking to and from the entrance to Golden Gate Park. Previously, crossing four-lane Stanyan meant they had to wait […]

JFK Protected Bike Lanes Get Seal of Approval From the Bike-Savvy Dutch

By Aaron Bialick | May 1, 2012 | 24 Comments

This year’s celebration of the Dutch Queen’s Day in San Francisco was a bit special. When the event’s 100-or-so celebrants traversed the city by bike in the second annual “Market-to-Mill” ride (Market Street to the Dutch windmill in Golden Gate Park, a.k.a the Bay to Beach route), the orange-clad caravan traveled through San Francisco’s first bicycle […]

It’s Not That Hard to Find People Who Like the JFK Bikeway

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 25, 2012 | 120 Comments

Much has been made about the “strangeness” of San Francisco’s first parking-protected bike lane in Golden Gate Park, which employs the type of design that other American cities are increasingly using to improve safety and raise bicycling rates. As someone who lives next to Golden Gate Park, I’ve been going out of my way to […]

Eyes on the Street: Bike Traffic Signals Going in at Page and Stanyan

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 25, 2012 | 13 Comments

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. The crossing connects a route from Page to John […]

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