Description: To reduce the number of bike crashes and increase bicycle ridership, San Francisco, CA has created protected curbside bike lanes on several busy and otherwise hazardous streets. The projects include protected bikeways featuring concrete islands, green paint, and flexible posts. Similar projects have been completed throughout the U.S., including New York, Washington D.C., Seattle, Oakland, Philadelphia, and many other cities.
Goal: Protected bike lanes to encourage active transport and reduce vehicle miles traveled (VMT)
Measurement: Reduced VMT, increased active transport, reduced bicycle-involved accidents
Time to Implement: Approximately two years from planning to implementation
Links:
California’s Protected Bikeways Act
https://www.calbike.org/history-archive/governor_signs_protected_bikeways_act/
Additional Information:
2019 study on how separated bike lanes improve safety
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2019/05/29/protect-yourself-separated-bike-lanes-means-safer-streets-study-says/
Bicycle Friendly Communities
https://bikeleague.org/content/51-places-honored-fall-2020-round-bicycle-friendly-community-awards
San Francisco’s 17th Street Bicycle Safety Project
https://www.sfmta.com/projects/17th-street-bicycle-safety-project
Oakland CA’s Slow Street initiative response to Covid-19
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-17/how-oakland-made-pedestrian-friendly-slow-streets?sref=N8WhSjFG
Shared Streets – Burlington VT response to Covid-19
https://www.burlingtonvt.gov/dpw/covid-19/shared-streets
Contact Info:
Jared Sanchez
Senior Policy Advocate, California Bicycle Coalition
(714) 262-0921