Comments on: Why Some Cyclists Might Not Welcome Changes at Fell and Masonic http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/08/04/why-some-cyclists-might-not-welcome-changes-at-fell-and-masonic/ editor@sfcitizen.com - R.I.P. Bernie (Uncle Bobby B, Baby, Uncle Bobby B) Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:54:01 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: sfcitizen http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/08/04/why-some-cyclists-might-not-welcome-changes-at-fell-and-masonic/#comment-2519 sfcitizen Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:37:33 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/08/04/why-some-cyclists-might-not-welcome-changes-at-fell-and-masonic/#comment-2519 Managing traffic on Fell shouldn't be too much of a problem since they are taking out parking spaces and taking away time for cyclists to cross. Most of the cars that go up Masonic from Fell were already on Masonic anyway. If there's an issue, they can start fiddling with how they time the lights. This is different than Octavia Blvd, where the light timing currently favors traffic on Octavia at the expense of all other traffic. Octavia Blvd. is not really fixable without wholesale changes. Managing traffic on Fell shouldn’t be too much of a problem since they are taking out parking spaces and taking away time for cyclists to cross. Most of the cars that go up Masonic from Fell were already on Masonic anyway.

If there’s an issue, they can start fiddling with how they time the lights.

This is different than Octavia Blvd, where the light timing currently favors traffic on Octavia at the expense of all other traffic. Octavia Blvd. is not really fixable without wholesale changes.

]]> By: Rob Anderson http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/08/04/why-some-cyclists-might-not-welcome-changes-at-fell-and-masonic/#comment-2486 Rob Anderson Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:17:33 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/08/04/why-some-cyclists-might-not-welcome-changes-at-fell-and-masonic/#comment-2486 The Fell/Masonic intersection has always been dicey, since you have traffic moving fast on Fell Street making the left turn onto Masonic. The moral of the story: everyone has to be very careful at that intersection. I have to walk through that intersection, and---surprise!---I often see both cyclists and motorists rushing to beat the light. It will be interesting to see whether changing the traffic lights will change that all-too-human impulse. It will also be interesting to see whether that change will screw up traffic on a major west-bound, one-way street. The Fell/Masonic intersection has always been dicey, since you have traffic moving fast on Fell Street making the left turn onto Masonic. The moral of the story: everyone has to be very careful at that intersection. I have to walk through that intersection, and—surprise!—I often see both cyclists and motorists rushing to beat the light. It will be interesting to see whether changing the traffic lights will change that all-too-human impulse. It will also be interesting to see whether that change will screw up traffic on a major west-bound, one-way street.

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