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LukeBornheimer

@LukeBornheimer@sfba.social

Sustainable transportation advocate. Creator of SlowStreets.us, Better Valencia, help lead SF Bike Bus and Protected Arguello, Friends of Great Highway Park Boardmember. Lead organizing and advocacy for Car-Free JFK Promenade, Great Highway Park, and Slow Streets in San Francisco.

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Let me get this right: The average price of a new car is $47,000+ — a used car is $26,000 — and a monthly Muni pass for a senior costs $40 (single fares cost $1.25) and is free for seniors with <$101,000 in income, but public transportation has “the high price”? Give me a break.

Reference "How S.F. transit should work — without the need to drive everywhere all the time" (Letters to the Editor, SChronicle.com, May 21): Driving everywhere may not be essential for all seniors, but considering the high price of public transportation, it may be the only means for some of us to get around in San Francisco. Here is what a 91-year-old would like to see in city transportation: I want to drive streets without swerving around jaywalkers and those who step off curbs without looking both ways because their heads are buried in smartphones. I want to drive streets without being blocked by double-parked trucks and other vehicles. I want to drive streets without being blocked by buses stopping in driving lanes instead of pulling over to the curb for passengers.
I want to drive streets where bicyclists stop at red lights and stop signs instead of zooming through, causing drivers to slam on their brakes. Whenever I drive, I want to see black-top pavement with white or yellow lane markings showing me the safe way to go — not a myriad of signage and multi-colored pavements. I want to see driverless vehicles become a thing of the past. Our city streets are rapidly being turned over to pedestrians, bicyclists, buses and special interests instead of being the purpose they were built and for which our tax dollars were spent. Martin Vatis, San Francisco

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“I’m sick of seniors being used as an excuse for claiming that driving everywhere in San Francisco is essential. Here’s what [a] 74-year-old would like to see in city transportation […] Noticeably absent is getting into a car and driving everywhere at any time.”

Well said Fran!

I'd like to catch a bus that is not delayed by excessive car traffic. When cycling to run errands, I want the bike lane not blocked by drivers who curse at me if I complain. When I do drive, I want to observe the speed limit and respect pedestrian right of way without having the car behind roar up on my bumper and honk. Noticeably absent from this list is getting into a car and driving everywhere and at any time. The people quoted in this story don't speak for me. Fran Taylor, San Francisco

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Over eight years ago, Uber’s then-CEO gave a TED Talk about how Uber was going to “cut congestion, pollution and parking.”

Now, we know that Uber increased congestion / vehicle miles traveled.

We need to help people shift trips away from cars to bikes and public transportation.

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They should convert a lane on the upper deck of the Bay Bridge into a two-way bikeway so people can bike between San Francisco and Treasure Island (as well as Oakland and beyond).

It’s a policy and infrastructure failure to not connect San Francisco and Treasure Island by bike.

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@jwz Why not protect it with concrete or at least more substantial barriers?

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Each parking space worth of Citibikes — NYC’s version of @baywheels — is used for 10.8 bike trips per day while the average car stored on the street is used for 0.3 trips.

That means that Citibikes are used for 38 times more trips than private cars, on a per-parking space basis.

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Car-free streets are great for races, events, and building community. More of this! 👏❤️

📸 Car-Free JFK Promenade during/after Bay to Breakers

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If Valencia had curbside protected bike lanes, this wouldn’t endanger people and wouldn’t result in the bike lane being blocked.

It’s time for SFMTA to propose, approve, and install curbside protected bike lanes with curbside parklets.

Support that now: https://BetterValencia.com.

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@GhostOnTheHalfShell Me too, but that’s not up for consideration right now — it’s either center bikeway or curbside protected bike lanes. But I also helped organize around pedestrianizing Valencia — which the petition also mentions — and advocate for the Valencia placemaking pilot which…never happened 😔

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Protected bike lanes, transit-only lanes, and car-free streets help people shift trips away from cars, reducing car traffic and demand for parking, among other benefits (e.g. roadway safety, climate action).

We need leaders who prioritize data-proven solutions to these problems.

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If SFMTA wants people to shift trips, it needs to install best-practice designs — like curbside protected bike lanes with protected intersections and traffic diverters — rather than half-measures like the Valencia Street center bikeway and transit-only lanes that lack separation.

Graphic of curbside protected bike lane with a protected intersection
Graphic of a diagonal traffic diverter
Graphic of transit-only lane sign partial separation

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SFMTA continues to delay or water down bike and transit projects to capitulate to the people who oppose improvements — including SFFD — which results in ineffective infrastructure (e.g. Valencia center bikeway, Masonic “raised” bike lane, Slow Streets).

We need leadership ASAP.

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Rather saying “we’re giving people choices” or “prioritizing safety,” SFMTA and electeds should frame these improvements as beneficial for people who drive/use cars (e.g. reducing car traffic and demand for parking).

San Franciscans — and Americans — are self-interested people.

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The great news is that the improvements do, in fact, benefit people who drive/use cars by reducing car traffic and demand for parking — this is backed up by mountains of data and empirical research!

The improvements also increase economic activity and revenue for local business.

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SFMTA/policymakers should also share data and directly dispel misinformation spread by opponents of sustainable transportation and roadway safety — stop acting like opponents are good-faith or well-intentioned people, and educate the press about the facts behind the improvements!

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This looks/sounds horrendous and is terrible for people, our city, and the planet.

SFMTA and policymakers continue to try to “make streets and transportation work for every person and mode of transportation” (aka maintain the status quo of car-dominated and prioritized streets).

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Currently, two of our biggest challenges are:

1️⃣ A movement that’s too small, too weak and too disorganized, resulting in “better than nothing” projects being approved

2️⃣ Policymakers and SFMTA staff unwilling to design, approve, and install best-practice infrastructure quickly

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Legislation allowing for the Great Highway Extension — the section between Sloat and Skyline Boulevards — to be closed to car traffic and have a multi-use trail created there has passed the Board of Supervisors 🎉

Now it’s time to make Great Highway Park a 24/7 oceanfront park!

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Making Great Highway Park 24/7 will allow the city to make the space even more accessible, welcoming, and enjoyable, including by installing permanent bathrooms, seating, tables, shading, children’s play equipment, and more.

It could be a new 17-acre park! https://www.sfgate.com/politics-op-eds/article/sf-politicians-can-create-a-park-17654154.php

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Follow @GreatHighwayPark, if you don’t already!

Then check out https://GreatHighwayPark.com.

Learn about the why at https://GreatHighwayPark.com/why.

Find events at https://GreatHighwayPark.com/events.

And have an impact (or increase your impact) at https://GreatHighwayPark.com/donate.

Join our inclusive movement 🤗

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This comes on the heels of the California Coastal Commission rejecting an appeal by opponents of Great Highway Park who were trying to close the park to people and a staff report debunking the misinformation opponents have been spreading for 3+ years ⬇️

We need a 24/7 park now!

https://sfba.social/@LukeBornheimer/112413598963847821

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Fantastic feature about the “battle for the streets of New York” in the New York Times, which is broadly applicable to streets in San Francisco and all major cities.

Cities must transform their streets and transportation, in part, to reduce car traffic, and must “show not tell.”

There are more people, more cars and more bicycles. And that’s not all.
Dining sheds are squeezed beside bike lanes. Home delivery has exploded, ushering in more e-bikes, cargo bikes and trucks.
It’s all crammed into streets laid out over 200 years ago. The result? A chaotic struggle for space unlike any the city has ever seen.

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Perhaps one of the best examples of “show not tell” was the transformation of Times Square by @jsadikkhan / @mikebloomberg through the closing of the area to car traffic and “installation” of hundreds of dollar-store lawn chairs, which helped people imagine what the area could be.

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San Francisco has an opportunity to similarly transform Upper Great Highway into a full-time, 17-acre oceanfront park, Great Highway Park, including by installing seating, tables, shading, bathrooms, and children’s play equipment.

Will San Francisco do it? https://www.sfgate.com/politics-op-eds/article/sf-politicians-can-create-a-park-17654154.php

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The California Coastal Commission rejected an appeal opposing the Great Highway Pilot (aka Great Highway Park) unanimously (9-0)!

This ruling allows the Pilot to continue, but doesn’t make @GreatHwyPark 24/7 or permanent. Help us do that by signing up at https://GreatHighwayPark.com.

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Great to see the Coastal Commission’s ruling — a unanimous rejection of the appeal by Great Highway Park opponents — getting covered by the reporters: https://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/coastal-commission-rejects-appeals-on-great-19451322.php

Help us make Great Highway Park 24/7:

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