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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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Bike Bus is in The @washingtonpost 👏

Bike Bus’s positive benefits — environmental, social, health, transportation — are critically needed, and government should do more to enable Bike Bus, including through funding and the installation of protected bike lanes and modal filters.

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The rate of adults driving their children to school has skyrocketed over the past 50 years, which has been devastating for people, cities, and the environment.

Bike Bus will help to reverse this trend, but we need connected networks of protected of bike lanes plus modal filters.

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San Francisco should have an e-bike incentive program to make e-bikes more affordable, accessible, and equitable for all San Franciscans.

Today — — we’re launching the San Francisco E-Bike Incentive Program Proposal!

Sign the petition at https://eBikeSF.org

https://sfba.social/@eBikeSF/112554545944040295

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I’m glad to see @mikechensf nominated for the SFMTA Board. Mike has supported more protected bike lanes throughout our city, Car-Free JFK Promenade, Great Highway Park, a citywide No Turn on Red policy, and replacing the Valencia Street center bikeway with a better, safer design.

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I support Mike’s approval to the SFMTA Board, but also echo Streetsblog’s call-to-action for Mike to take action and lead on the Board by proactively introducing resolutions, proposing legislation, and pushing the Agency and its staff to transform our streets and transportation.

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https://sf.streetsblog.org/2024/05/30/safe-streets-advocate-mike-chen-nominated-for-sfmta-board

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Massive and joyful Bike Bus this morning in the Mission and along Slow Shotwell Street!

Watching children bike independently to school is uplifting and hope-inspiring!

If you want to join or start a Bike Bus, follow @SFBikeBus then sign up for updates at https://SFBikeBus.com/

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A person walking was killed in a car crash at Ellis and Jones Streets on Thursday.

Ellis and Jones are both four-lane, one-way streets with relatively narrow sidewalks and without protected bikeways.

SFMTA should install protected bikeways on both of these streets immediately.

Apple Look Around image of Ellis Street looking east from the intersection of Ellis and Jones Streets, showing four lanes for cars

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Protected bikeways are proven to increase safety for all people, including car drivers but especially children, seniors, and people with disabilities who walk, bike, use other mobility devices, or take public transportation.

They also help people shift trips away from cars ASAP.

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People should feel safe walking, biking, and using other mobility devices on every street, and the City should either install protected bike lanes on every street and/or install traffic diverters and modal filters that eliminate cut-through car traffic on all residential streets.

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People continue to be killed and injured in roadway crashes in San Francisco because our elected officials, other policymakers, and SFMTA continue to prioritize cars and driver convenience over people’s safety, quality-of-life, and the environment, including by not taking action.

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If our elected officials, policymakers, and SFMTA care about roadway safety, sustainable transportation, and climate action, they’ll prioritize the creation of a connected network of protected bikeways to help people shift trips away from cars to bikes and other mobility devices.

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No more plans, no more studies, no more delays, no more outreach.

Just start installing infrastructure to make it safe and convenient to bike around our city.

Cities and leaders around the world have proven that these policies and infrastructure are popular — we need a leader.

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At 44.75 feet wide, both streets can accommodate either:

🅰️ A 7.75-foot bikeway, 3-foot buffer, two 7-foot parking lanes, and two 10-foot driving lanes

OR

🅱️ A 15.75-foot two-way bikeway, 2-foot concrete-protected buffer, one 7-foot parking lane, and two 10-foot driving lanes

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The killing of a person at Ellis & Jones Streets is a tragic reminder of how our streets are designed for cars and driver convenience and the deadly, destructive consequences of prioritizing cars on our streets and in our transportation system.

Statement: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQzyDQ_hJ67Ohj1EemzAwAT_sQt92nygYMXJN9YmQEr-Wec3EiWYgcWYB946w_Lth2imbjYBWP588cf/pub

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This is what we need to see for deliveries in San Francisco. More deliveries by bike — and less by big trucks — means less car traffic, noise, air pollution, climate emissions and road crashes.

Who’s doing the public policy / infrastructure work to encourage this transformation?

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Increasing deliveries by cargo bike — and decreasing those by big, loud, and polluting trucks — is most effectively done by prohibiting delivery trucks (while creating a connected network of protected bike lanes to make biking safer and more convenient).

Who will lead on this?

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Companies in New York City are already using cargo bikes like these ones to deliver packages and goods throughout the city — here’s one from a recent trip to NYC.

San Francisco should implement policy to encourage — or mandate — delivery by cargo bike, especially in dense areas.

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San Francisco should convert all slip lanes into public plazas with planters, trees, seating, tables, and murals.

Doing this would instantly make streets safer and increase public space for people to gather, connect, and build community.

Slip lanes can be opened to people fast!

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Look at what you can do with a slip lane! 😍

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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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