Posts Tagged ‘streetsblog’
Tuesday, March 19th, 2013
Well, here it is, the most-detailed report yet of the latest Chris Bucchere vs. Sutchi Hui hearing, courtesy of writer Kashmir Hill.
Here’s her conclusion:
“Bucchere was going far too fast, but he may have run a very late yellow rather than a red, a mistake made worse because of the pedestrians entering the crosswalk very early. Everyone was being too aggressive in their commuting, but Bucchere’s aggressiveness held the highest risk for others.”
And here’s some more:
“The case interested me because press reports indicated that data from Bucchere’s Strava account — an app that bikers can use to track their rides — had been used to show how fast he had been going and to prove he had ignored stop signs. District Attorney George Gascón told me the Strava data was part of the reason the city had decided to bring such severe charges against Bucchere. ‘It implies he was trying to compete with himself,‘ Gascón said. Bucchere’s online comments also played a role. ‘His helmet was more important than a human being.’”
Take a look for yourself, read the whole thing. And then decide if the prosecution of Chris Bucchere has anything to do with a so-called “lynch mob.”
And for all you StreetsBlogSF fans out there, ask yourself this:
Would this case be international news without the Strava race-against-yourself-and others angle and/or the “heroic” helmet posting? And would there even be a case at all?
That’s the difference, that’s why this case is getting attention.
R.I.P. Sutchi Hui.
Tags: 2013, bay area, bucchere, california, Chris Bucchere, christopher bucchere, google glass, google glasses, hearing, race, Racing, San Francisco, strava, streets blog, streetsblog, StreetsBlogSF, Sutchi Hui, trial
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Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
Exhibit A:
Media Coverage of Pedestrian Deaths Misses the Big Story
I don’t know, I think the coverage was perfectly cromulent, but let’s take a look:
“A vague description…”
UH, WHAT DO YOU OFFER THAT’S BETTER, STREETSBLOGSF?
from Bay City News labeled Ferguson a jaywalker
A “JAY” WAS ORIGINALLY THE TERM FOR A COUNTY PERSON BUT THE CURRENT DEFINITION SURE SEEMS TO FIT
“apparently walking outside of the crosswalk”
WELL, IF YOU’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BLOCK ON LOMBARD, THEN YOU’RE WALKING “OUTSIDE OF THE CROSSWALK,” RIGHT?
when he was ”struck by a passing vehicle.”
WELL, HOW ELSE DO YOU SAY THIS?
There was no mention of the driver’s speed.
UH, GEE, THERE WAS NO MENTION OF THE DRIVER’S CURRENT IRS TAX COMPLIANCE NEITHER, RIGHT? SO WHAT? WASN’T THIS PED 100% AT FAULT FOR HIS OWN DEATH? I THINK SO.
(The driver was only mentioned to note that he or she was “very cooperative.”)
WELL, WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?
And here’s the latest:
“Correction: Streetsblog SF does have the most Twitter followers of any news source in the Bay Area.”
Oh, but you’re not a Bay Area news source, you’re more like a religion.
Keep on trying StreetsBlog SF. Maybe someday you’ll become a real blog…
Tags: 2012, Aaron Bialick, accident, bay area, blog, california, lombard, San Francisco, SF, street, streets, streetsblog, StreetsBlog SF, StreetsBlogSF, Writer
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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
Just like in real life, am I right, girlfriend?
Check it.
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And, oh yes, CT3 has so-called “incomplete streets.*” too!
*Can I ask you this – would you have called Deutschland during the Great Depression “incomplete Germany,” cause, you know, those jerks took Alsace-Lorraine and Sudetenland from us? Well, if you would, then perhaps you should join the cult of StreetsBlog. You know, if you want.
Tags: "Traffic Sewer", +3, 2011, bay area, california, complet street, complete streets, Crazy Taxi, Crazy Taxi 3, incomplete, San Francisco, SF, street, streets blog, streetsblog, Traffic Sewers
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Friday, July 15th, 2011
[UPDATE: Right on schedule: "Bay Citizen’s Scott James Tries to Drum Up Opposition to Fell and Oak Bikeways"]
Back in the day, Rob Anderson was The Most Hated Man In Town, ’cause he tied the City and County up in knots by insisting upon an Environmental Impact Report for the San Francisco Bicycle Plan. He instigated a slam-dunk lawsuit (really, he was pretty much guaranteed victory) owing to the City trying to go around CA state law by just pretending that an EIR wasn’t necessary.
But eventually, after years, the required report got finished and that was that. IMO, he should have quit while he was ahead, but no, he and his lawyer said the EIR wasn’t good enough – they ended up losing on that issue. Still, you’d have to say he was one of the most successful NIMBYs in CA history.
Remember when he was on the front page of the national edition of the Wall Street Journal? Good times:
But that was then and this is now, so forget about Rob Anderson.
Comes now Scott James of the Bay Citizen - feel free to set your sights (sites?) on him:
Why?
Well, because of stuff like this. People didn’t like that bit, not at all.
And now, today, ooh boy, that’s not going to go down well, no sir.
“I was pleasantly surprised by how there’s not a ‘no way, this is crazy, don’t do it’ feeling out there,” [Mike] Sallaberry said, according to Streetsblog.org, a pro-cycling website. But the bike coalition research, obtained using the open-records law, surveyed only 14 businesses — and it actually reveals very serious objections, which some survey respondents later reiterated in interviews.
To annoy drivers “and make it worse of a pain is not the solution,” Miloslavich said.
Robert Williams, owner of Panhandle Guitar, said: “Fell Street is dangerous to have bike lanes on.”
[SFMTA Spokesmodel Paul] Rose said he was not sure whether Sallaberry’s remarks had been correctly reported. Sallaberry was not available for comment.”
Wow, that’s all you can come up with? You’re “not sure whether the remarks had been correctly reported?”
Wow. That’s the last arrow in your quiver that you should be using, right? Oh, it was the only arrow you had?
Wow.
Obviously, when the SFMTA and its affiliates decide to do a program, it’s the job of the SFMTA to push that program through come Hell or high water. If the program gets executed then the manager succeeded and if the program doesn’t get executed, then the manager failed – it doesn’t matter a whit whether or not the program itself is good or bad for the commonweal at that point. Not at all. What matters is that the SFMTA decided to do something. It’s the job of SFMTA employees to cheerlead and mislead and lie to get any particular program through.
Remember the traffic circles of the lower and upper Haights? Boy, they took out stop signs on Page Street and Waller and then you’d just have to guess at what drivers were going to do when they came upon the intersection. You see, drivers didn’t have to stop. Anyway, that crazy idea got voted down – it lost five times out of five – but all the people behind the stupid traffic circles could say is how “sad” it was that the traffic circles were such a failure.
The fact that they weren’t a good idea never seemed to occur to the people behind the traffic circles.
Fixing the eastbound Panhandle-to-Wiggle connector shouldn’t be that hard. Mostly, it’s about taking out some parking spaces or otherwise freeing up some more room. It’s not about “completing” Oak Street, it’s not about being the next “win-win” from the SFMTA. It’s about making compromises, it’s about winners and losers, it’s about costs and benefits.
Lying to people about the costs doesn’t benefit the people of San Francisco.
Of course.
Tags: "Crazy Rob" Anderson, 2011, bay area, bicycles, bikes, california, CEQA, column, cyclsits, eir, fell, lawsuit, Mike Sallaberry, mta, Muni, nimby, nimbys, oak, panhandle, Paul Rose, rob anderson, San Francisco, scott james, SF, sfbc, SFMTA, spokesmodel, spokesperson, streets blog, streetsblog, Writer
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Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
[During all of this Powell Street Promenade stuff, please remember:
"...the benches draw their inspiration from the aluminum chassis of the all-new A7, the Audi ASF® frame."
There will be a test later.]
[Chronicle Urban Design Critic John King just weighed in. Uh, John, the original plan was supposed to relieve "pedestrian congestion," as this recent design concept from Audi shows, but the current design won't do that. And "parklet" is a pejorative in this case. And those "abstract oars" you see are "inspired by" a 2012 Audi. Thusly:
The hockey stick behind the rear wheel - see it? That's where your oars came from.]
Get up to speed on the new Audi Avenue / Powell Street Promenade Project right here.
Let me tell you, the Powell Street Promenade in Union Square will look nothing like this:
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Instead, it will look like this, with aluminum grating and paddles and twisted things. See?
Are these tables? I think they’re tables:
We were promised no advertising, but you make the call:
“…like much of the promenade, the benches draw their inspiration from the aluminum chassis of the all-new A7, the Audi ASF® frame. While the twisting and sculpting of the metal is intended to reflect the dynamic styling of the luxury sedan…”
Is this why Audi owners make such bad drivers, generally, the boldness? (I’d call it hubris, frankly.) Anyway, let’s let Audi make the case:
“We believe that a boldly designed car, like the new Audi A7, deserves a boldly designed world. So today we’re breaking ground on an urban design initiative to re-imagine Powell Street in San Francisco.”
I’ll tell you, the last thing Audi drivers need is anything to do with boldness.
Oh, and Foursquare too: Audi Powell Street Promenade
This is the primary surface. Number one will pass right through, number two not so much:
Now, the original idea was to have a widened sidewalk but that would have caused issues with area hotels (like them suing the City and County for starters). So we’re going to get cutouts on both sides of both blocks. Thusly:
Here’s parklet eight of eight, near the Cable Car turnaround:
Now let’s thank Gaia that the aluminum hasn’t been arranged in interlocking rings to further advertise Audi and its million-dollar Audi Avenue. But there will be Audi’s name onsite and that’s too much, IMO. Oh well.
And I can’t think of any other carmaker that’s as closely associated with aluminum as Audi, so there’s that.
Was this marketing deal put out to bid, like maybe some other car companies might want to market their vehicles using the streets of San Francisco as well, right? Anyway, I don’t know.
Feel free to share your thoughts with SFGov – oh, whoops, comments be closed, just like the way they have it at BeyondChron, which is also financed with your taxpayer dollars.
All right, which particular Audi did the Powell Street Promenade draw its inspiration from? All together now, the A7! Get one today – starting price is merely $60K.
Hurray!
Lively SocketSite has some deets along with reaction from the commonweal.
SF Streetsblog
Progress on Powell
[Earworm of the day: We're going rock down to-oo/ Audi Avenue.]
[UPDATE: And a commenter from FineInternets.com frets over the metal theft issue. I wonder how much this aluminum would be worth melted down. See comments.]
Tags: (BID), advertising, Andres Power, Atthowe, Atthowe Fine Art Services, Audi of America, Better, Better Market Street Program, Business Improvement Distric, Business Improvement District, cable car, chronicle, Chronicle Urban Design Critic, critic, department, dept., Director of the Department of Public Works, dpw, ed lee, Ed Reiskin, edwin lee, ellis, Executive Director, Fine Art Services, gavin newsom, geary, John King, Join Donna Ficarrot, Linda Mjellem, market, marketing, Mayor, Municipal Transportation Agency, o'farrel, o'ffarrell, Office of Economic and Workforce Development, parking, parklet, parklets, PAVEMENT TO PARKS, pedestrians, peds, pilot, Planning Department, Powell, Powell Street Pilot Project, Powell Street Promenade, program, project, ptp, public works, San Francisco, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, SF, sfgate, SFMTA, SFPublicWorks, sfstreetsblog, sidewalks, street, streetsblog, temporary, traffic, transportation authority, union square, Union Square Association, Union Square BID, Urban Design Critic, Walter Hood, Wi-Fi, widened
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Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
[UPDATE: @StreetsblogDC Can you explain/justify the stsblog sf article that compares car repair shops to cancer? is.gd/km5OCw]
Uh, what?
Do you climb into space, to the world where you live, SF StreetsBlog?
Or, in other words:
And oh, speaking of car repair shops within a stone’s throw of Fulton and Divisadero, let’s all say bye-bye to BODY MASTER USA / Auto City. One supposes it couldn’t afford the rents in pricey NoPA these days. How long will the iconic Transformers graffito last?
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And oh, speaking of car repair and Transformers, leave us take note of lovely Megan Fox…
…who knows better than to tangle with the urban NIMBYs of the 415.
She knows that the Future is all about Rural Auto Repair.
Hurray!
And oh, it appears as if I was able to make my point with the word count coming in well below 1300.
Hurray!
My uncle has a country place
That no one knows about.
He says it used to be a farm,
Before the Motor Law….
Tags: 2011, Aaron Bialick, auto, bay area, body, california, graffiti, How Should Repair Shops Fit in San Francisco?, Megan Fox, repair, San Francisco, SF, sfstreetsblog, streets, streets blog, streetsblog, Transformers
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Monday, September 27th, 2010
OMG, it looks as if somebody is trying to Fix Octavia. Get the deets about today’s workshops and open house, below.
IOW, hated Octavia Boulevard will be getting a little attention in the near future.
(Personally, I’d start by getting rid of all the parking spaces and all the medians – I’d de-boulevard the boulevard.)
Notice the color of the traffic lights?
Anyway, here’s the info. It’s as close as you’ll get to an admission from the Powers That Are that maybe, just maybe, Octavia isn’t just the most perfect thing ever.
See you there!
Monday, Sept. 27:
SFCTA Hearing Room, 100 Van Ness Avenue, 26th Floor
OPEN HOUSE: 12:00–2:00pm
PUBLIC WORKSHOP: 5:30–7:30pm
Persons requiring translation services should contact the Transportation Authority at 415-522-4800
Background
The Market-Octavia neighborhood has seen several transformative efforts recently, most notably the opening of the Octavia Boulevard/Central Freeway project in 2005 and the adoption in 2008 of the Market and Octavia Better Neighborhood Plan. Octavia Boulevard is the first facility of its kind in the United States in 80 years, redefining traffic engineering practice through context-sensitive solutions. The Octavia Boulevard project has delivered a transportation facility that provides neighborhood access to a regional freeway while providing an attractive public space. A timeline of key Octavia Boulevard events is shown below.
This Circulation Study will quantify and evaluate the performance of the transportation system in the Market-Octavia area and recommend changes for improving travel options and traffic distribution in the area. The study will focus on multimodal and system-level perspectives. These multimodal transportation issues include:
- Transit routing and reliability, and connectivity to regional transit
- Automobile traffic circulation
- Pedestrian crossings and facilities
- Bicycle access
- General wayfinding
- Travel demand management strategies
The study will help support and advance key priorities of the 2008 Market and Octavia Better Neighborhood Plan including improved pedestrian circulation and transit facilities, as well as conversion of streets from one-way to two-way operation.
As the study area is both an active local neighborhood and a critical element of the transportation system for regional traffic coming to, from or through the area, the proposed solutions will need to address local, citywide and regional needs. This map of the general local area is consistent with the Market-Octavia Neighborhood Plan. Click here to see the study area map.
Study Objectives
The objectives of the Study are to:
- Document existing conditions of the transportation system
- Identify a multimodal package of transportation improvements through technical review and public input
- Develop cost estimates for these top-priority projects
- Establish a funding and implementation strategy that considers appropriate levels of contributions from public and private sources.
The Central Freeway and Octavia Boulevard Circulation Study will serve as a vehicle for discussion and coordination among local and regional stakeholders, while providing policy guidance for ensuring integration with the larger regional and long-term needs.
Potential Project List
As area needs are studied and possible solutions prioritized, information on potential projects will be posted here.
Study Products and Schedule
Preliminary Draft Existing Conditions Report. Includes Origin-Destination Survey from October 2009. Completed.
Public and Stakeholder Outreach. Engagement with key stakeholders and community groups. Ongoing. Key events planned for September 2010 and November 2010.
Technical Analysis and Project Development. Based on existing conditions and needs assessment, and stakeholder input, an evaluation framework will be developed for potential solutions, resulting in project screening and the selection of up to three potential projects. Conceptual designs will be developed for these three potential projects. September/October 2010.
Funding and Implementation Plan. Funding plan, including fair-share contributions, and implementation roles, steps, and issues. December 2010.
Final Report. Culmination of all recommendations and designs. January 2011.
For More Information
Send an email to Margaret Cortes or call 415.522.4826.
Related Links
Market and Octavia Neighborhood Plan (led by SF Planning Department)
Tags: 1680, 2009, 2010, 24, 24th, accidents, aircraft carrier, Allan, Allan Jacobs, Allan B. Jacobs, architecture, august, award, bay area, Berkeley, boulevard, Boulevard Book, Boulevards, california, central, community, department of public works, design, Design of Multiway Boulevards, dpw, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Macdonald, evolution, freeway, green arcade, hijms, History, ijn, initiative, Jacobs, livable, Macdonald, market, Market-Octavia, meet up, movement, Multiway, octavia, octavia boulevard, offramp, onramp, Rofé, San Francisco, sfcta, ship, silver, street, streets, streetsblog, taiho, taihoo, The Boulevard Book: History, traffic, university, Yodan
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Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
The answer is no. But check out this issue over at the StreetsBlog SF, where advocacy meets journalism, and decide for yourself.
Now, did Sausalito install signs that advance someone’s interpretation of the California Vehicle Code?
Yes, yes it did.
The view from the bike path on the main drag of tiny Sausalito right outside all the ice cream shops downtown. (Nature is never too far away in Marin, even in the cities)
Now, is it illegal for Sausalito to put up fishy-looking signs wherever it wants? No se, don’t know.
(People put up official-looking signs all over in San Francisco, check out Sixth and Market for some examples if you want. Mostly, these signs get ignored, mostly.)
Now, if I had to sum up CVC 21202 in four words, it’d be, “Bikes to the right.” Of course there are exceptions to this rule, check it:
“21202
(a) Any person operating a bicycle upon a roadway at a speed less than the normal speed of traffic moving in the same direction at that time shall ride as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway except under any of the following situations:
(1) When overtaking and passing another bicycle or vehicle proceeding in the same direction.
(2) When preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway.
(3) When reasonably necessary to avoid conditions (including, but not limited to, fixed or moving objects, vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, animals, surface hazards, or substandard width lanes) that make it unsafe to continue along the right-hand curb or edge, subject to the provisions of Section 21656. For purposes of this section, a “substandard width lane” is a lane that is too narrow for a bicycle and a vehicle to travel safely side by side within the lane.
(4) When approaching a place where a right turn is authorized.
(b) Any person operating a bicycle upon a roadway of a highway, which highway carries traffic in one direction only and has two or more marked traffic lanes, may ride as near the left-hand curb or edge of that roadway as practicable.
Amended Sec. 4, Ch. 674, Stats. 1996. Effective January 1, 1997.”
You don’t need to be a lawyer to have an opinion on this relatively simple issue. (Of course there are other code sections that can be contradictory – the CVC can be kind of a mess, but oh well.)
Anyway, the Powers That Be are looking into all the new Single File In Bike Lane signs up north – let’s look forward to another report about how this develops.
Stay safe!
Tags: 21202, bicycles, bikes, California Vehicle Code, county, cyclists, lane, marin, San Francisco, sausalito, SF, signs, Single File In Bike Lane, streetsblog
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Friday, August 21st, 2009
Via StreetsBlog SF, you can learn that the “Livable Streets Community Meet-Up!” is coming up this Monday – it’s sponsored by the Livable Streets Initiative.
Monday August 24th, 7pm-8pm
The Green Arcade
1680 Market St. at Gough
You see, they’re returning to the scene of the crime: Horrible Octavia Boulevard. What’s up with this stubby Scar Upon The Land? It’s like some giant came along and just plopped down an aircraft carrier on San Francisco for the sole purpose of preventing people (people like pedestrians, cyclists, transit users, car drivers, etc.) from moving around the City.
Here’s a bird-eye view of the failed attempt at social engineering known as Octavia Boulevard, with a scale drawing of the WWII era Japanese aircraft carrier HIJMS* Taiho in overlay. Take a look for yourself. Click to expand:
Of course the Taiho is a little smaller but its deck (now sitting at the bottom of the Pacific) has the same general shape as Octavia, and of course the Taiho would block cross traffic equally as well. Why is Octavia so wide? Why does cross-traffic have such a short amount of time to cross the Blvd? Why are there so many accidents on Octavia? Why is Octavia jammed up with idling cars all the time?
Now get this, the Livable Streets people think Octavia is just great. Check it.
And here’s a longer bit from the same point of view. Note how they refer to the Octavia onramp as something other than the Octavia onramp.
Wouldn’t it have been better to keep the earthquake-safe and retrofitted Central Freeway the way it was? Yes! Alternatively, wouldn’t it have also been better to tear down the whole Central Freeway all the way back to the 101 freeway? Yes! Pick one or the other or something else, I don’t care. Anything would be better than the present Octavia Boulevard situation.
Can somebody start a Boulevard Revolt?
Only Time Will Tell.
And, bonus, let’s take a look once again at what real people say about Octavia, you know, the actual result of plans drawn up by ivory tower academics. Enjoy:
What is the Legacy of Octavia Boulevard?
“Octavia has severely impacted traffic on Laguna at all times, not just peak.”
“Octavia is a mess for bicyclists and there are tons of vehicle accidents.”
“What has Octavia taught us? Stopped cars/slow idling cars seem to pollute more.”
And what do the Yelpers have to say?
“Who’s the dip-shit that designed this Octavia Street nightmare between Market St and Fell St?”
“1) It’s a freeway offramp – slash – playground. Kids and cars!! Who’s the genius??
2) It doesn’t take you across Market Street but rather has you wait at the light — filling the above-mentioned park with your exhaust as you idle along.
3) The “local access” road is a perfect place to die while crossing the street, as some confused driver makes a right hand turn.
4) It got voted in after at least three failed initiatives. During the boom. When the population was more passionate than informed and the Hayes Valley Merchant’s Associationcould sweet talk them with this park bullshit. ”I like parks not freeways! I’ll vote yes!” The old Fell Street offrampwas ugly and the dark sidewalks underneath were full of pee. It’s been replaced by a classic San Francisco compromise that essentially works well for no one but makes some smug mofosfeel like they discouraged driving when all they really did was put more smog on the street. And now the sidewalks are sunny, but they’re still full of pee. I wonder why an offramp didn’t solve homelessness…?”
“The poster child for stupidity in San Francisco. STILL not finished after 25 or so years???
“Unsafe at any speed for:
1.pedestrians
2.bicycles
3.scooters
4.motorcycles
5.marmosets”
“OHMiGOD are you kidding?? Wow, I looked up this review expecting to see half a star and a lovely littering of ‘fuckity fuck motherFUCKER,’ wowwweee…everyone i talk to in person HATES this addition…
Why we hate the new Octavia Blvd:
1. It is confusing. What is with the extra mini-side lane next to the regular lane? Are you allowed to switch back and forth at liberty? What is the purpose of this mini lane?
2. Why are there traffic lights AND stop signs in front of the mini-lane? When there’s a traffic light and a stop sign, which one wins?
3. The traffic on Octavia Blvd, coming from the freeway, is always atrocious. It doesn’t matter what time of day it is. Something about it’s ingenious design allows it to remain backed up 24 hours a day.
4. If you don’t play your cards right, you WILL get forced onto the freeway. You just think you’re along for an innocent ride, and then , BAM, Octa-Nazi Blvdhas you marching along in its gigantic oppressive middle lane and it wil NOT let you out, no matter how much you beg.
I don’t get it, I don’t get it! What’s going on with this street monster?”
“This is NOT the haven for cyclists and pedestrians the city touts it as being. Whose idea was it to build the off ramp at street level? It should be RAISED and go over Market or they should build some kind of blockade so that people coming east on Market absolutely can’t try to make a right onto the highway and clip pedestrians and cyclists. That single spot is a death trap.
It’s pretty and it’s great that it’s not a shithole anymore but this is seriously some urban planning gone awry. The shared bike/car lanes on the outside would be great if the cars that drove in them weren’t complete idiots. Sharrows mean it’s my lane too, buddy, so don’t honk at me and tell me to get on the sidewalk, don’t rev your engine behind me, and don’t speed up to 20 to squeeze by me. The middle lane is for fast driving of cars, not the outer lanes. Unfortunately people are unable to grasp this concept and choose to terrorize pedestrians and cyclists who are trying to enjoy the sections of the project supposedly designed to make things better for us.
And the light/stop sign combo… what the hell? It’s maddening. If this is supposed to benefit cyclists, why make it so difficult to make a left onto Market? One must cross Octavia and go onto the sidewalk then cross Market and make the left there, or cross Market then cross the on/off ramp via Market. That second option wouldn’t be so bad except for the fucktards coming down Market who don’t understand what NO RIGHT TURN means and repeatedly take out cyclists at the same spot as they try to turn onto the highway.”
And on it goes.
*His Imperial Japanese Majesty’s Ship
Tags: 1680, 2009, 24, 24th, accidents, aircraft carrier, Allan, Allan Jacobs, Allan B. Jacobs, architecture, august, award, Berkeley, boulevard, Boulevard Book, Boulevards, california, central, community, department of public works, design, Design of Multiway Boulevards, dpw, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Macdonald, evolution, freeway, green arcade, hijms, History, ijn, initiative, Jacobs, livable, Macdonald, market, meet up, movement, Multiway, octavia, octavia boulevard, offramp, onramp, Rofé, San Francisco, ship, silver, street, streets, streetsblog, taiho, taihoo, The Boulevard Book: History, traffic, university, Yodan, Yodan Rofé
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Friday, July 31st, 2009
The Pedestrianist today reminds us all that the temporary closure of 184 feet of Mason Street begins tomorrow, August 1, 2009. (And, as ususal, The Streetsblog can always get you up to speed on streets issues right quick.)
Check it. Can you see that tiny stretch of Mason between Lombard and Columbus? Imagine people lounging about (in the middle of the damn street!) for the next eight weeks or so.
Click to expand:
Here’s the mise-en-scene:
See the upper left corner? That little triangle is your possible future library location, pending NIMBY approval:
So if you ever experience congestion in North Beach or Chinatown or Fisherman’s Wharf, be sure to blame it on this tiny temporary plaza.
Will it be a “traffic nightmare“? The people at Save Mason Street think so.
Brace yourselves…
Tags: 1, 1st, 2009, 2010, august, bikes, closed, closure, Columbus, county, curbed, department, dept., Dimaggio, dpw, fishermans, fishermans wharf, iscott, Joe, Joe Dimaggio, library, mason, mason street, months, nimby, nimbys, north beach, pedestrian, pedestrianist, Planning, plaza, public, San Francisco, save, save mason street, SF, sfist, street, streetsblog, temporary, trial
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