Tomorrow: Show Your Support for the Fell and Oak Bikeways
Posted By Aaron Bialick On March 30, 2012 @ 3:32 pm In Bicycle Infrastructure,Bicycle Safety,Connecting the City,SFBC,SFMTA | 9 Comments
[1]A rendering of what a protected bikeway on Fell could look like. Image: RG Architecture for SFBC
The SFMTA will reveal the proposed design for protected bike lanes [2] on Fell and Oak Streets [3] tomorrow, and supporters need to make their voices heard to ensure the agency doesn’t water the project down or it delay it any further.
The project was significantly delayed [4] after the SFMTA set out to replace some of the free curbside car parking that would make way for the bike lanes. Construction is now slated for the winter [5], but a small group of vocal opponents [6] are still pushing against major safety improvements for this crucial bicycle connector.
SFMTA staff will present a design for the project tomorrow, but could still make minor changes based on the input they receive at the charette. (See here [7] for designs presented at the last workshop.)
The open house [8] will be held tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the San Francisco Day School, located at 350 Masonic Avenue (at Golden Gate).
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[1] Image: http://sf.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/rg-architecture.FellStreet1.jpg
[2] protected bike lanes: http://www.sfmta.com/cms/bproj/OakandFellBikeways.htm
[3] Fell and Oak Streets: http://sf.streetsblog.org/2011/03/08/fell-and-oak-street-neighbors-want-livable-streets-not-residential-freeways/
[4] significantly delayed: http://sf.streetsblog.org/2012/01/20/sfmta-delays-fell-and-oak-bikeways-to-spring-2013-to-create-more-parking/
[5] slated for the winter: http://sf.streetsblog.org/2012/01/31/misguided-enforcement-precedes-thinkbike-improvements-on-the-wiggle/
[6] vocal opponents: http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2011/09/alarmists_behind_homeless_haig.php
[7] See here: http://sf.streetsblog.org/2012/01/18/sfmta-finalizes-fell-and-oak-bikeway-design-will-it-be-ready-by-summer/
[8] The open house: http://sf.streetsblog.org/2012/03/13/sfmta-fell-and-oak-bikeway-project-open-house/
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