On-Street Bicycle Parking on Valencia Street is Now a Reality
New on-street bicycle parking in front of Boogaloos near 22nd Street. Photos: Matthew Roth.Before any of you hurt Streetsblog commenter Stuart Chuang Matthews for boasting of the lovely new on-street bike parking racks on Valencia Street without giving you pictorial evidence: How you like them apples?
"The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition is excited to see the city install this innovation on a vibrant commercial and bicycling street like Valencia," said SFBC's Marc Caswell. "We're already working with businesses across the city to recommend other locations for on-street bicycle parking."
You'd almost think we were in Portland!
In front of Dosa.
Close-up of the delineator between cars and the bike racks in front of Dosa.
The new racks in front of Valencia Farmer's Market near 24th Street.
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