This Bike Lane Split the Neighborhood (And Now It's Gone!)
Think planning a bike lane in your town is tough? Imagine trying a bold, radical idea to satisfy 800,000 people— only to discover that it is dividing the city, both literally and figuratively. Buy me tacos 😀🌮► / roadguyrob Ask a road question ► / roadguyrob -------------------------------------------------- Sources and additional reading: -------------------------------------------------- "Past Meetings & Events for this Project," SFMTA. https://www.sfmta.com/past-meetings-a... "Valencia Bikeway Open House #2," SFMTA. https://www.sfmta.com/calendar/valenc... "11-19-24 MTAB Item 12 Mid-Valencia Curbside Protected Bikeway Project," SFMTA. Report and presentation, accessed 12/2024. https://www.sfmta.com/reports/11-19-2... "Board of Directors Meeting, April 4, 2023," SFMTA. Item 12, report, presentation, and resolution. Accessed 12/2024. https://www.sfmta.com/calendar/board-... "Resolution in Support of SFMTA Valencia Street Quick-Build Project," City of San Francisco, 27 Mar 2023. https://www.sf.gov/sites/default/file... "SFMTA looks to get controversial center bike lane alternative approved," KGO-TV, 11 Jun 2024. • SFMTA looks to get controversial center bi... ------------------------- Time sections: ------------------------- Meet Valencia Street (0:00) Class-2 Bike Lanes (0:51) Curb Protected Bike Lanes (2:30) Center Bike Lanes (3:18) Tricky Intersections (6:06) Not a Sponsorship (8:00) Merchant Difficulties (8:15) Cars Can't Pass (9:12) Adequate Parking (9:59) Emergency Vehicles (10:55) Customers Pass By (11:21) Daylighting (12:16) Parklet Problem (13:00) Community Engagement (14:52) Data Reports (16:35) Alternative title: This Bike Lane Split the Street— and then the Neighborhood

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