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9 years ago
Since 2006, bicycle ridership has grown by 100 percent in San Francisco. Safety is critical as more people hop on two wheels to get where they need to go. You might have seen these green boxes at a...
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8 years ago
San Francisco’s Bike to Work Day is 21 years old this year, and every year we see it grow in size for one simple reason: more people are biking. More people are biking not only because biking is fun...
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8 years ago
This week, SFMTA crews started work to create a better, safer bikeway on 13th Street from Bryant to Folsom. The work is done in support of Vision Zero , the city’s goal to eliminate all traffic...
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8 years ago
If you’ve been on streets like John F. Kennedy Drive in Golden Gate Park or 13th Street in SoMa, you’ve seen that a bike lane doesn’t always have to be on the side of driver’s door. In the right...
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8 years ago
If you walk down eastbound Market between 9th and 10th streets you’ll see a rectangular barometer of sorts. This counter counts a bike trip as a bicyclist rolls down eastbound Market Street, right in...
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8 years ago
During the Super Bowl City festivities in front of the Ferry Building from January 30 to February 7, event restrictions will be in place on sections of Market Street and The Embarcadero that will...
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8 years ago
Page Street commuters may have noticed a green center-running bike lane installed this week near Octavia Boulevard to help bike commuters get downtown safely. The idea of this one-block bike lane is...
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8 years ago
An art piece that parks bikes? That’s the new life of a slice of street pavement at the corner of Fell and Divisadero streets, which was recently converted from its former use as a car parking space...
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8 years ago
The intersection of Folsom and Essex streets is now safer and saner for everyone. Last week, we installed a curbside bike lane and bike signal on eastbound on Folsom, between 2nd and 1st streets...
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7 years ago
The days of fastening your bike to a pole and hoping for the best are fading fast. Better bike parking solutions are increasing. The SFMTA recently installed 48 new stainless-steel bike lockers...
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7 years ago
If San Francisco’s 2015 Annual Bicycle Count Report is any indication, today we should see another record-breaking number of wheels spinning along city streets. City leaders, agencies and community...
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7 years ago
We hope you enjoyed yesterday’s Bike to Work Day as much as we did. Per the annual tradition, we were once again joined by supervisors, our partner agencies and the SF Bicycle Coalition in rides from...
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7 years ago
Oliver Gajda points to the latest incarnation of the sharrow, the “greenback sharrow,” designed to make the sharrow icon even more visible. Oliver Gajda laughs every time he hears the word “sharrow...
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7 years ago
People on bikes have a new, seamless entry into Golden Gate Park thanks to a new shortcut we installed in the traffic median at 7th Avenue and Lincoln Way. The bicycle “cut-thru” provides a new link...
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6 years ago
A Ford GoBike bike-share station in front of the Ferry Building on The Embarcadero. Ford GoBike launched yesterday, marking a new beginning for bike sharing in the Bay Area. By the end of 2018, Ford...
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7 years ago
The results of San Francisco’s residential parking permit survey are in, and you might be surprised at some of the findings. Here’s a sample of what we learned after getting input from 2,349 San...
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7 years ago
Our “San Francisco Parking Tips” blog series explains some of the lesser-known rules listed in the SFMTA’s new Streets of San Francisco Parking Guide (PDF) . It’s part of the SFMTA’s effort to make...
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7 years ago
To prevent runaway vehicles, local law requires drivers to curb their wheels when parking on a grade greater than 3 percent (1.72 degrees). Since most of us don’t carry a level to measure how steep a...
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7 years ago
Parking a vehicle on the sidewalk isn’t just illegal – it makes sidewalks less safe and accessible, especially for those using wheelchairs and strollers and those who are visually impaired. Sidewalks...
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7 years ago
Moscone Center Garage on 3rd Street is conveniently located for downtown sights and museums. If you drive to popular areas like Union Square to shop during the holiday season, parking can get...
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7 years ago
The 5th and Mission garage is conveniently located to great shopping, dining and sight-seeing options in SF. For many, the holiday season isn’t complete without a trip to the city for shopping and...
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6 years ago
New parking payment systems allow customers to use Apple Pay and provide on-screen instructions in multiple languages. We’re excited to introduce new 21st-century technology at city-owned parking...
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5 years ago
Between September and October of 2018, residents and merchants in the Dogpatch will see new parking signs and up to 50 multi-space parking meters installed on nearby streets. The SFMTA will be...
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5 years ago
You may have seen them on Cortland in Bernal Heights, Post Street in the Tenderloin, Oak Street in Hayes Valley or the parking lot at Geary and 21st Avenue…large cylinders sitting on top of the old...
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2 years ago
Beginning early next year, SFMTA will be replacing more than 18,000 parking meters throughout San Francisco. The parking meter hardware upgrade is taking place under a $70 million contract with...