See?
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(Dude is braver, stronger than I.)
Bush Street from Masonic to Market is straight, hilly, and fast – it’s San Francisco’s version of Marin County’s Blithedale Ridge Roller Coaster trail.
Posts Tagged ‘one way’
Brave Cyclist Takes on Hilly Bush Street on a Regular Basis
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012Turns Out That Skateboarding IS a Crime, or At Least It Is When You Turn Bush Street Into Pine Street
Thursday, July 26th, 2012Like this fellow heading outbound down Nob Hill on Bush, which of course is a one-way inbound route.
Didn’t we just lose a skateboarder not too long ago on this very same hill? I think so.
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I mean, I’m just saying, right?
OMG, McAllister Street to Become a Two-Way August 4th – All the Way to Market for Bikes, MUNI, and Taxis
Monday, August 1st, 2011Well, here you go – in four short days, McAllister will become a fully two-way street.
This should speed up the #5 Fulton inbound, huh?
And now there’s even less excuse to use the Wiggle bike route (as McAllister and Divisadero make up a superior route to and from the Panhandle, sorry for saying that over again but it’s totally true.)
The News of the Day:
“The SFMTA Announces Reconfiguration of McAllister Street
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which oversees all surface transportation in the City, including the Municipal Railway (Muni), today announced that, effective Thursday, Aug. 4, McAllister Street east of Hyde Street will be reconfigured. Also, Charles J. Brenham Place (7th Street north of Market) will be converted to two-way. The traffic reconfiguration and correlated completion of the overhead contact system (OCS) rehabilitation in this area mean that the nearly 16,000 annual 5 Fulton Muni trolley bus customers will now have a more direct trip downtown. The change will save the Agency more than $200,000 a year in operating expenses.
Effective Aug. 4, the new configuration will allow Muni, commercial vehicles and bicycles to travel eastbound on McAllister Street between Hyde Street and Charles J. Brenham Place. All other eastbound McAllister traffic will continue to turn right at Hyde Street. Only bicycles, taxis and Muni vehicles will be allowed to turn east on Market Street from McAllister Street. All other traffic will be required to turn right onto Market Street. All traffic will be able to make a right turn from northbound Charles J. Brenham Place (7th Street north of Market Street) onto eastbound McAllister Street to access the block between Charles J. Brenham Place and Jones Street. The attached maps show the changes in the traffic configuration.
The current 5 Fulton route requires inbound vehicles heading downtown to make a right on Hyde Street and then a left on Market Street. The new route, made possible by new overhead wires in the eastbound direction, will allow buses on this route to go straight to Market Street, saving up to three minutes per trip. The changes to the 5 Fulton route will take effect after the testing of the new OCS in August.
The SFMTA’s Capital Investment Program includes the rehabilitation of the aging trolley bus OCS in various parts of the City. This vital work includes replacing existing poles and overhead wires. Rehabilitation of the OCS improves safety and service reliability and helps keeps Muni in a state of good repair. The OCS construction began last summer and was part of the 21 Hayes Pole Replacement project.”
Hurray?
Hurray!
Swinging Both Ways on Haight Street: Hearing on April 15th About Making It a Two-Way Street in Hayes Valley
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011Well here’s the latest from District Five Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi‘s latest newsletter:
“LATE BREAKING NEWS – Hearing on Haight Two-Way
April 15, 2011, 10 a.m. – The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency will hold a public hearing to solicit public input on the following proposed changes: 1) Making Haight a two-way street between Octavia and Market. 2) Establishing a bus-boarding island on Haight, eastbound, west of Gough and other changes.”
Mike Aldax had all the deets last year – can’t imagine the plan has changed too much since then.
Will this help the failed Octavia Boulevard project to become slightly less of a failure? Yes.
So that’s good, right?
Bumping into your parole officer will be sooooo much more pleasant on a two way Haight Street, dontcha think?
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Cyclists Have No Worry About Cars on Marin County’s Conzelman Road
Friday, October 16th, 2009Pretty much. There are more bikes than cars on this stretch of one-way road to the Point Bonita Light House and beyond in the Marin Headlands.
The catch is that you have to ride your bike all the way up the two-way part from where the road starts near the North Tower of the Golden Gate Bridge.
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But otherwise, it’s a nice ride…
The Angry Pacific Ocean Vs. the Point Bonita Lighthouse
Thursday, October 1st, 2009All you need to know about the Yelp-rated lighthouse at Point Bonita is right here.
Did the lighthouse keeper’s wife really tie up the kids on a leash when they played outside to keep them from falling into the ocean? That’s the story, anyway.
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Looks like that house might get sprayed with salt water sometimes.
See you there!
San Francisco’s Tiny Genoa Street Allows Traffic in Both Directions
Monday, December 29th, 2008See? Genoa Place in North Beach seems like it should be a one-way alley.
But it’s not.
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And if you actually went the allowed 15 MPH speed in your car, you’d scare pedestrians whether you were going up or down the hill.
What a strange little street.
