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A Deep Dive Into Center-Running Bike Lanes, a Known Infrastructure Failure
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.
Mikael Colville-Andersen
March 22, 2023
AVs Probably Won’t Revolutionize Parking
Replacing human drivers with self-driving taxis might not actually remove many space-wasting parking lots from dense American cities, a new study finds, throwing doubt onto one of the core arguments in favor of the autonomous vehicle revolution.
March 20, 2023
Jeffrey Tumlin Stereotypes Cyclists, Fans Anti-bike Hate
SFMTA director talks about civility, even as he stereotypes people on bikes and pours gasoline on anti-cyclist fervor
March 2, 2023
Commentary: Bay Area DAs Complicit in Anti-Cyclist Attacks
Prosecutors declared it open season on cyclists; nobody should be surprised at the horrifying results
February 15, 2023
Open Letter to SFMTA: Stop Watering Down Slow Streets
Slow Streets started with unambiguous signs that made clear to drivers that Slow Streets were “closed to thru traffic.” Over time, they have been watered down, covered up, or not installed at all. This is the wrong direction for Slow Streets; we need SFMTA to do more, not less.
February 8, 2023
“Entitled” Bike Lane Lady Speaks Out
A cyclist had the nerve to feel "entitled" to a safe bike ride. But the San Francisco Fire Department thinks it's more important to park wherever they please, even when it's not an emergency
January 31, 2023
Eyes on the Street: Hellscape on Hesperian
Alameda County's Hesperian Boulevard Project in San Lorenzo is a sop pretending to be a multi-modal, safety project
January 30, 2023
I-980 Makes List of Top Freeway Removal Proposals
Meanwhile, East Contra Costa getting a new surface-level freeway. Some people never learn.
January 26, 2023
Alameda NIMBY Sues to Preserve Parking
How many broken limbs, life-altering injuries, and deaths is a parking spot worth? To some morally confused people, that's a legitimate question.
January 25, 2023
Eyes on the Station: BART Celebrates 19th Street Modernization
If you're wondering where the money goes when you vote for a BART measure, as you did in 2016, here's an example
January 23, 2023
