In April of this year we won a huge victory when the SFMTA Board of Directors approved the Oak Street Quick-Build project that will build a protected bike lane on Oak St along the Panhandle and overall make conditions safer on one of SF’s high-injury streets.
We learned during approval that, due to a Department of Public Works repaving project, construction of the bike lane wouldn’t start until 2026. If you’re as excited for this project as we are, you’ve probably been anxiously wondering when the work will start. Your San Francisco Bicycle Coalition reached out to Public Works and SFMTA to make sure the project is still on schedule.
Oak Street, between Stanyan St and Van Ness Ave, will be repaved and remains on-track for construction to begin in early 2026. Public Works will award the contract to repave multiple streets across SF by the end of this year; then the team will be allowed to proceed. Thanks to the foresight of the project team at the SFMTA, Oak Street will be the first street in this contract to receive repaving.
We learned that the designs for the off-street portion of the bike lane that will be constructed at Oak and Masonic have already been submitted for cost-estimating and scheduling. The SFMTA intends to complete this portion ahead of the repaving so the bike lane can open as soon as the street is re-striped. The signal changes at Oak and Masonic are ready to be installed and will take place around the same time as the off-street path.
We’re optimistic that the project will be completed in spring 2026 and can’t wait to celebrate with our members, so keep an eye out for an event commemorating the completion of the Oak Street bike lane.
We couldn’t do this work without the support of our members. If you aren’t a member already or your membership has expired, please join today so we can continue doing this work!
