Bike lanes

Recent traffic fatalities and collisions are heavy on our hearts and minds, and our community is still reeling with grief and frustration. While we hold all those emotions, we also remember that these collisions are preventable with slower streets and better infrastructure. They require action and accountability from our City leaders. Tomorrow, there is an opportunity to learn more about what the agency is doing to make our streets safer and voice concerns at the SFMTA Board of Directors meeting. Join us to make your voice heard!

The SFMTA directors will receive the first quarter of 2026 summarizing the work of the agency’s Streets Division. While the staff presentation describes the progress being made, we plan to show up at the meeting to say that work must continue to accelerate, and must benefit people who bike and roll. The quarterly streets update is the last item on the agenda and we expect it to be heard after 3pm.

Our three high-level takeaways from the presentation are the following:

1. City leadership must take the number of people who bike and roll in SF seriously. Data from Bay Wheels shows that 2025’s bikeshare usage accounts for 3.9 million trips, while SFMTA’s bike counters show nearly a million fewer bike trips. This indicates that the SFMTA’s bike counters are severely undercounting bike trips. If, for every bike share trip, there are two other trips on personal bikes or scooters, SF had nearly 12 million bike trips in 2025.
2. When MTA staff are directed to do something, they follow through. So much work was accomplished between October and December 2025 (see slide 7 in the presentation). We need that kind of urgency to make our streets safer for all users of the road and keep up with the growing number of trips using sustainable transportation.
3. The Biking and Rolling plan needs to be implemented. It must guide the MTA’s workplan to accomplish the goals in the Mayor’s Street Safety Initiative, starting with slow school zones around every SFUSD school and closing the gaps along crosstown bicycle routes.