Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Valencia

A center-running bike lane in DC. Photo by Ole Kassow. All other photos by the author except where indicated

A Deep Dive Into Center-Running Bike Lanes, a Known Infrastructure Failure

By Mikael Colville-Andersen | Mar 22, 2023 | No Comments

In 2016, urban design expert Mikael Colville-Andersen, founder of the Copenhagenize blog, wrote a great post he shouldn't have had to write in the first place, explaining why center-running bike lanes are dangerous and stupid. Given the recent push to repeat this failed design on Valencia, Streetsblog decided to run it here.

SFBC's Brian Wiedenmeier, outgoing Supervisor Jane Kim, SFMTA's Ed Reiskin, and other officials and advocates at yesterday's ribbon cutting for Howard Street's new protected bike lane. Photo: SFBC

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Where Do You Want to See San Francisco’s Next Protected Bike Lane?

By Roger Rudick | Jan 8, 2019 | 11 Comments

With new protected lanes on (parts of) Howard and Valencia, advocates ask: what's next?

A boarding island on Valencia @ Brosnan. Photos: Streetsblog/Rudick

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Eyes on the Street: Hallelujah Valencia!

By Roger Rudick | Jan 3, 2019 | 6 Comments

It took untold lobbying hours, and too many crashes, but protected bike lanes on Valencia are finally getting built

A bike commuter high-fives an advocate for protecting him on the southbound Valencia bike lane during a May protest. Streetsblog/Rudick

Mayor Breed Calls for Protected Bike Lanes on Valencia

By Roger Rudick | Sep 28, 2018 | 7 Comments

Years of injuries, people-protected bike lane protests and fighting with Uber/Lyft finally grabs City Hall's attention

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Another Crash on Valencia

By Roger Rudick | Sep 12, 2017 | 23 Comments

Sunday evening, Reena (she asked Streetsblog to withhold her last name), 34, was returning to San Francisco after a long ride through Marin on her carbon fiber road bike. She turned onto Valencia for the last few blocks to her apartment in the Mission. She was pedaling along at a leisurely eight mph, riding in […]