Comments on: San Francisco’s Market Street is Going Beige This Afternoon http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2009/11/24/san-franciscos-market-street-is-going-beige-this-afternoon/ 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: friscolex http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2009/11/24/san-franciscos-market-street-is-going-beige-this-afternoon/#comment-12108 friscolex Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:24:16 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/?p=12661#comment-12108 Looks like good things are happening! Sure woke me up on my bike ride to work... :-) Looks like good things are happening! Sure woke me up on my bike ride to work… :-)

]]> By: Jeff Webb http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2009/11/24/san-franciscos-market-street-is-going-beige-this-afternoon/#comment-12103 Jeff Webb Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:29:36 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/?p=12661#comment-12103 talked to one of the guys...they did something similar in the presidio, but green Ride Away textured asphalt, it makes for better traction in the rain, less slippage for bikes http://www.bluoz.com/blog/index.php?/archives/850-Market-street-gets-textured-bike-lane.html talked to one of the guys…they did something similar in the presidio, but green

Ride Away textured asphalt, it makes for better traction in the rain, less slippage for bikes

http://www.bluoz.com/blog/index.php?/archives/850-Market-street-gets-textured-bike-lane.html

]]> By: Andy Thornley http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2009/11/24/san-franciscos-market-street-is-going-beige-this-afternoon/#comment-12101 Andy Thornley Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:35:38 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/?p=12661#comment-12101 It's actually "fawn" -- I brake for Bambi -- though others have characterized it as "cafe au lait" or "mochacino" -- if it gets people to wake up and pay attention that's all that matters. It's another trial for Market Street, joining the forced right turns at 6th & 8th Streets (expect to see 10th Street turns soon) and Art in Storefronts and other good stuff. There's more to the "Safety Zone" trial, 10 MPH pavement legends and signs, rumble strips, and advance stop lines that will blossom into full-blown bike boxes (with green pavement, you betcha) once the blinking Bike Plan injunction is lifted. These elements (color, rumble strips, 10 MPH marking) will be combined in various ways at the four parts of the 4th & 5th Street intersections (eastbound and westbound), SFMTA and SFCTA folks will be watching and evaluating to see which things are effective at slowing traffic and getting folks to watch out for each other, and then they'll take the winning combination and implement it at all Market St boarding islands from Castro to the Embarcadero. Get yourself a fresh soy latte and roll on down for a test ride . . . It’s actually “fawn” — I brake for Bambi — though others have characterized it as “cafe au lait” or “mochacino” — if it gets people to wake up and pay attention that’s all that matters. It’s another trial for Market Street, joining the forced right turns at 6th & 8th Streets (expect to see 10th Street turns soon) and Art in Storefronts and other good stuff. There’s more to the “Safety Zone” trial, 10 MPH pavement legends and signs, rumble strips, and advance stop lines that will blossom into full-blown bike boxes (with green pavement, you betcha) once the blinking Bike Plan injunction is lifted. These elements (color, rumble strips, 10 MPH marking) will be combined in various ways at the four parts of the 4th & 5th Street intersections (eastbound and westbound), SFMTA and SFCTA folks will be watching and evaluating to see which things are effective at slowing traffic and getting folks to watch out for each other, and then they’ll take the winning combination and implement it at all Market St boarding islands from Castro to the Embarcadero. Get yourself a fresh soy latte and roll on down for a test ride . . .

]]> By: Ramón http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2009/11/24/san-franciscos-market-street-is-going-beige-this-afternoon/#comment-12099 Ramón Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:34:06 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/?p=12661#comment-12099 San Francisco worships beige. In the 70s, German auto manufacturers did an exhaustive study of attention-getting colors; beige didn't make the cut. San Francisco worships beige.
In the 70s, German auto manufacturers did an exhaustive study of attention-getting colors; beige didn’t make the cut.

]]> By: Erik http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2009/11/24/san-franciscos-market-street-is-going-beige-this-afternoon/#comment-12098 Erik Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:29:47 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/?p=12661#comment-12098 P. sure the beige is just masking cardboard. P. sure the beige is just masking cardboard.

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