SFist: Bike Plan Environmental Review Revealed, Bike Injunction Doomed

itsdahagao

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:09:48 -0800

The City should leave 10 copies of the EIR on the doorstep of the guy who asked for the injunction.

rogue cyclist

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:20:02 -0800

So the EIR is over 1300 pages. Doesn't that make the report itself a substantial impact on the environment with all that paper? Those poor trees.

jacksevanroo

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:38:32 -0800

Did you see the size of that EIR? What a fucking waste of money.

bottombracket

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:37:00 -0800

SFJoe, proper bike lanes should get sidewalk riders out of the path of pedestrians. Unfortunately, the kind of people who ride bikes on sidewalks are the same kind who ride the wrong way up the bike lanes.

Tweety

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:55:15 -0800

Suck it, Rob!

SFJoe

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:25:47 -0800

Anything that keeps the cyclists from trying to run me over on the sidewalk is fine by me.

murphstahoe

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:25:42 -0800

Interesting but not surprising piece of story in the chron this AM - the bike injunction has made life rough for pedestrians at 18th/Dolores and 18th/Guerrero. Seems since there are no - and can be no new - bike racks at those locales, bikes are getting locked to the streetlight poles and blocking the crosswalks right at the intersection. So bad that Herrera is asking to be exempted from the injunction and allowed to put bike racks there. Good thing because cyclists love them some Bi-Rite ice cream and Tartine Bakery. I've started using google street view to see if I can ride somewhere, checking to see if there is a bike rack. The street views are sometimes dated, but even though Platanos is gonzo, I know the no bike rack status is still valid thanks to Rob Anderson. And for all you fixie hipsters out there playing the murphstahoe drinking game... "zippy_monster is wrong"

bottombracket

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:08:59 -0800

On the other hand, if more people take to bicycling as a result of improved bike infrastructure (which, if the past is any indication, will surely be the case), there will be less car traffic for MUNI vehicles to stew in.