Comments on: On San Fran’s Market Street Bikes Outnumber Cars for a Day http://sf.streetsblog.org/2007/05/22/san-francisco-bikes-outnumber-cars-on-bike-to-work-day/ Covering San Francisco's livable streets movement Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fact Check http://sf.streetsblog.org/2007/05/22/san-francisco-bikes-outnumber-cars-on-bike-to-work-day/comment-page-1/#comment-2787 Fact Check Tue, 22 May 2007 22:22:47 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/05/22/san-francisco-bikes-outnumber-cars-on-bike-to-work-day/#comment-2787 Esteemed Dave 1/25th is a big deal! So SF is looking good from this coast. The official number for NYC is less than 1% bike mode share. How much less, who really knows. Esteemed Dave

1/25th is a big deal! So SF is looking good from this coast.

The official number for NYC is less than 1% bike mode share. How much less, who really knows.

]]> By: Dave Snyder http://sf.streetsblog.org/2007/05/22/san-francisco-bikes-outnumber-cars-on-bike-to-work-day/comment-page-1/#comment-2786 Dave Snyder Tue, 22 May 2007 21:36:34 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/05/22/san-francisco-bikes-outnumber-cars-on-bike-to-work-day/#comment-2786 One street does not a city make, and I'm no apologist for our city by the bay's weak accommodation of bicyclists when compared to the leading bike-friendly cities of the world. But I must point out that on Bike to Work Day, where more than 1 in 2 vehicles on Market Street were bicycles, possibly 1 in 25 vehicles were bicycles citywide! (MTC data says 3.4% bicycle mode share for work trips generated in S.F.) If you think that's a big deal, that's great! One street does not a city make, and I’m no apologist for our city by the bay’s weak accommodation of bicyclists when compared to the leading bike-friendly cities of the world. But I must point out that on Bike to Work Day, where more than 1 in 2 vehicles on Market Street were bicycles, possibly 1 in 25 vehicles were bicycles citywide! (MTC data says 3.4% bicycle mode share for work trips generated in S.F.) If you think that’s a big deal, that’s great!

]]> By: Aaron Naparstek http://sf.streetsblog.org/2007/05/22/san-francisco-bikes-outnumber-cars-on-bike-to-work-day/comment-page-1/#comment-2785 Aaron Naparstek Tue, 22 May 2007 21:00:18 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/05/22/san-francisco-bikes-outnumber-cars-on-bike-to-work-day/#comment-2785 Thanks. I changed the headline to make it more accurate. Thanks. I changed the headline to make it more accurate.

]]> By: Fact Check http://sf.streetsblog.org/2007/05/22/san-francisco-bikes-outnumber-cars-on-bike-to-work-day/comment-page-1/#comment-2784 Fact Check Tue, 22 May 2007 20:55:49 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/05/22/san-francisco-bikes-outnumber-cars-on-bike-to-work-day/#comment-2784 This headline is very misleading and a gross exageration. Per Mike in msg 5, one street does not a city make. If one in ten, or even one in twenty, of all the vehicles travelling about in San Francisco on Bike to Work Day were bikes it would be a big deal. This headline is very misleading and a gross exageration. Per Mike in msg 5, one street does not a city make. If one in ten, or even one in twenty, of all the vehicles travelling about in San Francisco on Bike to Work Day were bikes it would be a big deal.

]]> By: Efficiency Nut http://sf.streetsblog.org/2007/05/22/san-francisco-bikes-outnumber-cars-on-bike-to-work-day/comment-page-1/#comment-2783 Efficiency Nut Tue, 22 May 2007 19:16:41 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/05/22/san-francisco-bikes-outnumber-cars-on-bike-to-work-day/#comment-2783 T.A. was workin' all the E. River Bridges with free coffee and muffins on the 18th. Too bad ol' man weather gave us 47 degrees in mid may. Incidentally, that was the same daytime temperature on Christmas last year. Rock a bike kids. I want my spring/summer in May and my winter in January. P.S., though the city may not have promoted Bike To Work day with much gusto, it was very nice to see Alexandros Washburn, City Planning's new Chief Urban Designer, riding over the Brooklyn Bridge. T.A. was workin’ all the E. River Bridges with free coffee and muffins on the 18th. Too bad ol’ man weather gave us 47 degrees in mid may. Incidentally, that was the same daytime temperature on Christmas last year. Rock a bike kids. I want my spring/summer in May and my winter in January.

P.S., though the city may not have promoted Bike To Work day with much gusto, it was very nice to see Alexandros Washburn, City Planning’s new Chief Urban Designer, riding over the Brooklyn Bridge.

]]> By: Mike http://sf.streetsblog.org/2007/05/22/san-francisco-bikes-outnumber-cars-on-bike-to-work-day/comment-page-1/#comment-2782 Mike Tue, 22 May 2007 18:44:43 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/05/22/san-francisco-bikes-outnumber-cars-on-bike-to-work-day/#comment-2782 This isn't a fair comparison: Market Street is not a major street for autos (it's a half-baked transit mall), but it is a major street for bicyclists. A similar comparison in New York would be to compare the number of cyclists on Fulton Mall with the number of private cars there. The cyclists would win, but it wouldn't mean that there weren't a lot of drivers in Brooklyn in general. This isn’t a fair comparison: Market Street is not a major street for autos (it’s a half-baked transit mall), but it is a major street for bicyclists.

A similar comparison in New York would be to compare the number of cyclists on Fulton Mall with the number of private cars there. The cyclists would win, but it wouldn’t mean that there weren’t a lot of drivers in Brooklyn in general.

]]> By: Steve http://sf.streetsblog.org/2007/05/22/san-francisco-bikes-outnumber-cars-on-bike-to-work-day/comment-page-1/#comment-2781 Steve Tue, 22 May 2007 18:28:55 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/05/22/san-francisco-bikes-outnumber-cars-on-bike-to-work-day/#comment-2781 Because of the threatened rain, there were far fewer bicyclists out on the 18th during rush hour than usual. Still, a bit of promotion by NYC government along the lines of the Frisco effort would have helped. Because of the threatened rain, there were far fewer bicyclists out on the 18th during rush hour than usual. Still, a bit of promotion by NYC government along the lines of the Frisco effort would have helped.

]]> By: bim http://sf.streetsblog.org/2007/05/22/san-francisco-bikes-outnumber-cars-on-bike-to-work-day/comment-page-1/#comment-2780 bim Tue, 22 May 2007 17:48:25 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/05/22/san-francisco-bikes-outnumber-cars-on-bike-to-work-day/#comment-2780 oh well. thanks mike k. oh well. thanks mike k.

]]> By: Mike K. http://sf.streetsblog.org/2007/05/22/san-francisco-bikes-outnumber-cars-on-bike-to-work-day/comment-page-1/#comment-2779 Mike K. Tue, 22 May 2007 17:37:38 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/05/22/san-francisco-bikes-outnumber-cars-on-bike-to-work-day/#comment-2779 you missed it, buddy. May 18 is National Bike to Work Day. you missed it, buddy. May 18 is National Bike to Work Day.

]]> By: bim http://sf.streetsblog.org/2007/05/22/san-francisco-bikes-outnumber-cars-on-bike-to-work-day/comment-page-1/#comment-2778 bim Tue, 22 May 2007 17:31:27 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/05/22/san-francisco-bikes-outnumber-cars-on-bike-to-work-day/#comment-2778 does nyc have a bike to work day? if so when? if not when? does nyc have a bike to work day? if so when? if not when?

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