We were running in the Presidio this morning, and after a few cars nearly creamed us it struck us that one of San Francisco's preeminent outdoor plagrounds is a very dangerous place in which to play outside. Bike lanes appear and disappear randomly, and when they're doing maintenance and logging on the Coastal Trail (like today), runners and walkers coming from Arguello are forced to Washington Street, praying that cars don't splatter them on the many blind curves.

It's been over a year since Ashlyn Dyer was killed while running on one of the Presidio's main drags, but not much has been done to improve safety. The Bike Coalition says that bike lanes are planned on Washington Street, but nothing's been done there, and nothing at all is the works in the area where Dyer was hit (running paths on the other side of guardrails, anyone?). The city's bike plan is stalled for another year or so, but the Presidio is technically outside the jurisdiction of San Francisco, so bike work can go on in there. Bike Coalition, WalkSF, care to enlighten?

Picture of a dangerous Presidio road from flickr user texasex2k.