On Friday, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Peter Busch lifted the city's bike injunction. What does this mean? It means that, more or less, San Francisco will get to paint more bike lanes on city streets, effectively making bike riding a bit more safer.

"We are celebrating San Francisco's freedom to once again make streets safer for everyone and look forward to real improvements on the streets in a matter of days," Renée Rivera, executive director of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, explained to Streetsblog. "This is the first time in San Francisco's history that this many bike lane projects are approved and ready to be striped. These long-awaited improvements will help growing numbers of people feel more confident, comfortable and safe when they bike to shop, to work and to play."

Sorry, Rob.

Anyway, this is good news. It will help keep the city's healthiest mode of transportation (next to walking) safe. The first post-injunction bike lanes will appear on Townsend, Laguna Honda and North Point.

Now if only something can be done about tourists riding rental bike on city sidewalks...