At the corner of Scott and Oak. October 2010.
At the corner of Scott and Oak. May 2009.
Seems at first, riders took quite a little bit of time to adjust (to get into the box, to then ride in the middle of the street)And a before image, just for kicks.
Color makes everything better, this is from google maps [link] I suppose sometime ago, before the box innaguration.
k happy Friday! Go ride a bike already.
the green boxes are cool, but do the cyclist or drivers understand how to use them? In des moines we can't seem to figure out bike lanes and when streets get bike lanes we ride the next block over do to no education for drivers or cyclist on how to use them.
ReplyDeleteno, i've seen drivers wait in the box, but i've also seen drivers (as a pedestrian with no bikes in sight) observe the box rules.
ReplyDeletealso, sometimes bikers don't do the box cause they go up scott and don't need to turn from the left-hand bike lane, but want to go straight. i know i do that when i go up esscott.
as SF gets more bikey infrastructure drivers become more familiar with it and cyclists more aware of their rights in a virtuous cycle. tho there's always some bad drivers and cyclists.
ReplyDeletePerhaps I don't have enough to think about but I spend a good bit of time thinking about street structure and biking infrastructure in general. Happily, my nerdy way paid off when early this week I spent my lunch hour chatting with my friend Martin the multimodel transportation planner in my city. He wanted my opinion of a particular route on my side of town and what might encourage more bicycle ridership in the area. I think he was a little surprised how much thought I had put into my answer.
ReplyDeletePerhaps I don't have enough to think about but I spend a good bit of time thinking about street structure and biking infrastructure in general. Happily, my nerdy way paid off when early this week I spent my lunch hour chatting with my friend Martin the multimodel transportation planner in my city. He wanted my opinion of a particular route on my side of town and what might encourage more bicycle ridership in the area. I think he was a little surprised how much thought I had put into my answer.
ReplyDelete@courtney - echoing melyssa as well, it has taken some time for both cyclists and drivers to learn and use them efficiently. SF has no freeways per se, so this box falls in between some of the fastest one way streets in that specific side of town. Some cars really fly down the street, oblivious to bike+foot traffic.
ReplyDelete@nio - seeing a guy fall off drunk in that same bos (on a bicycle) almost made me just as sad.
@karen - That is great! the other day as a passenger (I drive maybe once a year in SF) my friend explained his frustration as a driver in one of the busiest streets, he almost sounded as confused as my bicycling peers, the infrastructure needs to bring all view to the table and accommodate sustainably, so that streets are slower and much safer for everybody. Keep us posted may you have more discussions with the planning friends!