Oh, due diligence reveals that I’m little late to this dance.
Anyway here’s what you can see these days at Fell and Scott in the EaPA – south of NoPA and north of SoPA:
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From a distance, it looks like a real tree.
To me.
Posts Tagged ‘wiggle’
“PEPSI Oak Fair Market Food & Liquor” – Boy Stands on a Ladder to Support a Tree – Your Fake Banksy of the Month
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011The Green Bicycle Box on Scott Near Oak Appears to be Working as Designed – It’s Getting Used, Anyway
Friday, October 22nd, 2010Our Scott Street Bike Box appears to be working as desgined.
So much so, that there’s not enough room for all the cyclists, at times.
The thing remains invisible to drivers at night, but that doesn’t appear to have caused any issues, AFAIK.
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The SFPD apparently had a short-term enforcement action against cyclists cheating on the left turn most of them make a block later at Fell, but I haven’t heard about anything like that lately.
Slender Northern European Family Baffled by Panhandle Bike Path – Which Way To Go?
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010You can easily ride your rented bicycle from dolphin-rich Ocean Beach all the way to the Eastern Terminus of the Panhandle Bike Path at Fell and Baker without getting lost – you don’t even need a map. But then what? How do you connect to the vaunted Wiggle Bike Route to get to the back of the Church Street Safeway and then Market ?
It’s hard to know which way to go when you’re mired in the EaPA, you know, south of NoPA and north of SoPA*
Now, you’re supposed to just jink over to Oak and then hang a rightie at Scott and then follow the Wiggle but that’s not obvious, not at all.
Blond + Blonde = More Blondies, or hh + hh = hh. It’s genetic law:
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Of course there’s plenty of room for bikes on the left side of busy Oak Street, so why don’t we restripe Oak for a few blocks from Baker to Scott to allow for a superwide lane on the right side? Then we could throw up some signs directing people to the relatively flat way home and be confident that we’ve done things right?
Just sayin’…
*Also known as Lower Haight and also known as S’OAK (South of OAK, I’m seriously).
The Start of San Francisco’s Famous Wiggle Bike is Getting Loads of New Asphalt Today
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010See?
Steiner and Duboce, where the Wiggle begins:
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The Story of the Wiggle Bike Path: Over-Privileged Cyclist vs. Under-Attentive Driver
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010Here’s a little vignette from The Wiggle bike path in the Lower Haight area of San Francisco. The driver of this green cute-ute literally didn’t know where she was going. So, she sat a bit at the westbound stop sign on Waller at Steiner while trying to think of her next move. Maybe she was lost, or looking for a parking space, who knows.
Then here comes dude on his bike. As he’s he’s blowing the stop sign, passing betwixt the SUV and a parked car, the SUV driver decides to turn right. This cuts off the cyclist, who starts out yelling, “Hey lady, do you know where you’re going?” Something like that. Repeatedly.
So here’s the scene after he chased her down Steiner while yelling all the while.
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No doubt the driver needs to try harder, but the cyclist seems to think he has the right to blow stop signs with impunity. If he had stopped and then gotten cut off, then he’d have a point.
Anyway, this typifies your Over-Privileged Cyclist vs. Under-Attentive Driver angry interaction in San Francisco.
Oh well.
Overrated Wiggle Bike Path Dissed by Google Maps, Pwned by Route 20
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010As seen on SFist and SFWeekly’s The Snitch, Google Map’s new bicycle trip planning service has alternatives to the famous Wiggle bike path.
“We keyed in a request for directions from the downtown area to Golden Gate Park to the easternmost edge of Golden Gate Park, at Stanyan and Fell. Rather than sending us up Market Street, behind the Castro Safeway, and then north along the flat, zigzag route through the Haight that is known to any serious bicyclist in the city, Google advised us to bike straight up McAllister for a mile to the west — an uphill and decidedly less convenient trek.”
The problem with Google’s route is that it favors Fulton. The correct route from downtown is slightly different – Market, McAllister, Divisidero and then Fulton and Central or however you want to get to Fell Street and or the Panhandle Bike Path. Route 20 (or if you prefer a cute name for it, the Snickerdoodle) is faster and easier overall. You might have to wait for lights at McAlllister and Van Ness / Franklin / Gough but you completely avoid horrible horrible Octavia Boulevard.
This is the pass over Alamo Heights that the Wiggle Route avoids. If you can handle a couple not-all-that-steep blocks then you’ll prefer this route over the vaunted Wiggle.
Not that I care what you do. But this counterintuitive route is superior for anyone going to the Panhandle and points west from Union Square / Mid-Market / The Financh / The Tenderloin and most of the SoMA. Of course, if you’re already behind the Church Street Safeway and you want to get to Ocean Beach, then by all means, take your precious Wiggle route.
More deets here at the StreetsBlog SF.
Laser-Equipped Giant Walrus Destroys San Francisco in this Mural at 232 Haight in the Lower Haight
Friday, February 26th, 2010[Andrew Dalton, That Aggressive Panhandler, has all the deets of the somewhat similar laser kittehs mural going up on Divisadero at the Harding Theatre, our Brokedown Palace.]
A laser beam-enabled giant walrus is depicted on this mural in a large arched window at 232 Fillmore near Laussat just up from Waller in the Lower Haight.
Enjoy:
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San Francisco’s Scott Street Goes Green – Is This California’s First Green Bike Box?
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009Here’s the scene on freshly-paved Scott Street this afternoon. The greening of the “bike box” red light waiting area on Scott Street near Oak at the terminus of the famous Wiggle Bike Route has begun. At long last, it has begun.
For now, anyway. The partial lifting of the Bicycle Plan injunction isn’t a 100% thing, but the City is moving ahead anyway.
Supervisors Bevan Dufty and Ross Mirkarimi, MTA chief Nat Ford, and Mayor Gavin Newsom all got in on the fun. Click to expand:
As Our Mayor’s extended paint roller got closer to the throng of reporters Supervisor Dufty was all, ”Watch out media, Gavin’s coming your way!” And here’s the reaction – a that’s-right-laugh-it-up-funnyboy smirk and then a quick departure:
Gavin’s ill humor wasn’t helped later on when Emmy Award-winning CBS5 political editor Hank Plante started asking about Geo Fanelli wanting his recent $500 donation back. Akit‘s suggestion about suing in small claims court is interesting, non? I mean, you can’t give everybody their money back, right? (After your campaign buys a copy of PhotoShop, you don’t get much change back from a $500 banknote.) However, Geo has a pretty sympathetic case to make. Mmmm.
Anyway, in all the excitement, Bevan started painted bike helmets green, making mementos to allow us to remember this Special Day. (Bro was on today with all his Ammiano-like bons mots.)
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition leader Leah Shahum and Nat Ford were all smiles today:
Supervisor Mirkarimi looked dashing on his Trek Ride+ electric-assist bike. It’s just like Board President David Chiu’s. Said one wag, “Ross, you have the right equipment.” The loud reply, from someone famous: “That’s what she said!”
All in all, it was quite a celebration.
But this isn’t all for today. San Francisco’s first protected bike lane is now on Market Street, as of this AM.
The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition Celebrates New Bike Lanes – A Panhandle Victory Lap
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009Well, we’re still waiting for the green paint to go down, but we got plenty of white paint on San Francisco city streets yesterday. It all has to do with the partial lifting of the Bicycle Plan injunction.
Anyway, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (ask them about Winterfest on December 6th) had an after-party near Duboce Park last night, and when they finished up, some of them decided to test out the new bike lanes in a racous after-hours ride.
As here, on Scott Street. See the new Wiggle Bike Route icon? That’s fresh paint. Click to expand:
Here’s Leah Shahum and Andy Thornley in the vanguard:
And here’s the caboose – a seven-person bike piloted by Director Dan Nguyen-Tan
On Scott crossing Oak:
And onto the dark Panhandle Bike Path for a Victory Lap around the park:
Mayor Gavin “Photo Op” Newsom Postpones the Greening of Scott Street
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009Read here to see the way it was supposed to be this AM at the Scott Street part of The Wiggle bike path. See? We were all set for green paint on our streets. (And it’s about time, after all that beige.)
But Our Mayor couldn’t make it, so the Greening of Scott Street will get pushed back a bit, a few days, anyway. But you’ll know when the greening occurs – you’ll see a photo somewhere of Gavin physically painting the “bike box” green or mixing blue and yellow paint together, something like that.
The scene this morning in the East of Panhandle Area (EaPA). All dressed up, but nowhere to green. Click to expand:
Oh well.
And the members of the MSM who showed up to see one of the first manifestations of the partial lifting of the bicycle plan injunction? Well they wasted their time, as at least a few of them appeared to be unaware of the details of the postponement.
The Alamo Square Neighborhood Association and Bike NOPA were there, anyway.
Oh well.
