Great news for cyclists: the Bike Plan Injunction that has prevented new bike lanes from being painted in the City for the past 4 years has finally been overturned. Naturally, this means more cyclist lanes and safer riding for everyone (vehicles and pedestrians included).
Renée Rivera of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, for one, was happy to hear the news:
San Francisco is seeing firsthand how improvements like the green, fully separated bike lanes on Market Street are increasing everyone’s safety and comfort and attracting more people biking.
While there are a number of projects already lined-up for striping (pun intended), I’m sure they could always use a few more suggestions. So, what streets in the Mission (or elsewhere) do you think would be best served by the addition of a new bicycle lane (and don’t say Guerrero or South Van Ness–let’s at least let the cars keep those or they’ll get all fussy)?
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17th street from Mississippi to Castro.
No!
Interstate 680, from Fruitvale to Freemont.
A fully segregated bike lane all along Market Street from ferry building to the Castro
15th Street could really use a bike lane, although I’m not sure the space is there. 14th is great and easy on both cars and bikes, but in the opposite direction 15th is a pain for everyone.
Maiden Lane.
Lombard Street (just the curvy part) would be cool, too.
definitely 16th or 17th st all the way through . . . they should also make Divis one lane with a bike lane each way and no left turns.
17th would work. Anything that allows me to go east to west as easily as 14th allows west to east!
Despite the fact that i’m moving to lower haight, i still think that folsom needs some serious work on its bike lane. I took it every day for a year and a half. There are so many bumps, little pothols, and construction going on there i think it would be really great to get a new lane along with some (semi) decent pavement.
Great News. Now if the bikers would just obeye the traffic laws and stop running stop signs. Then we’d live in pace and harmony.
aww, now if the cars would do the same we would have utopia
Momentum is a hard habit to kick, stopping at every stop street is rough, especially when there are clearly no cars about. I like the common sense approach, slow down, if no cars stopped or stopping, go through.
Being predictable is great, and I totally get the necessity of drivers and bikers alike needing to predict one another’s behavior, but hell, have to restart your own speed without the aid of a tap on a accelerator is just rotten.