The pavement continued to deteriorate to the point of making the two-way path almost unusable. Then, to add insult to injury, San Francisco Public Works (DPW) came by in August and paved the truck and car lanes--but left the bike lane as it was.
A crew was there today cleaning debris off the path. The workers on the scene weren't sure when the striping would get done.
This crew was cleaning the end of the Cargo Way protected bike lane today
So why did it take so long to repave it? One crew member said "money." The other said "We didn't have small paving machines. We had to rent them."
Isn't that kind of the same thing?
They looked at each other, shrugged, and nodded.
So far, it doesn't look as if the missing segments of the much-maligned chain-link fence are getting replaced. Streetsblog has a request in with DPW to find out if what's left will be torn out, repaired, or left to rust.
Another look at the smooth pavement and the remains of the chain-link fence