[Carfreeliving] Re: Home Depot and Bayshore Blvd bikeway

[Dan Krause]

Hi Folks,
 
We need to be thinking about transit on this section of Bayshore as
well.  The heavily used #9 bus runs through here and is already slowed
significantly from traffic at certain times of the day.  Rescue Muni
feels that BRT is an appropriate treatment here.  Many transit-dependent
people rely on the #9 and without BRT improvements, there lives are
going to just get much worse after Home Depot opens.  
 
We should all sit down very soon and figure out if this can become a
"Complete Street".   We must not preclude transit lanes here and it
would be fabulous if Home Depot could pay for a complete streets
treatment.  They damn well should because it is going to be a cash cow
for them and they are going inundate the the street with traffic.  The
street width is very wide on Bayshore so it may work out for everybody.
Home Depot needs to be designed in a way that doesn't constrain the
width of the road.  
 
 
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Dan Krause
Managing Director, Rescue Muni
105 San Jose Ave.
San Francisco, CA  94110
415/826-1219 (p)   415/826-3362 (f)
dankrause at rescuemuni.org
www.rescuemuni.org <http://www.rescuemuni.org/> 

-----Original Message-----
From: Carfreeliving-bounces at livablecity.org
[mailto:Carfreeliving-bounces at livablecity.org] On Behalf Of Shannon
Dodge
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 11:25 AM
To: Carfreeliving at livablecity.org
Subject: [Carfreeliving] Re: Home Depot and Bayshore Blvd bikeway


Thanks for that idea Mike.  I work at Bernal Heights Neighborhood
Center, so yes, am involved in this one.  BTW, for anyone interested in
going to the Planning Commish tomorrow, the meeting does start at 1pm
but this item is not scheduled until 6 pm -
http://www.sfgov.org/site/planning_page.asp?id=33460
 
Shannon
PS whatever happened to alt-trans happy hour? 

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1. Home Depot and Bayshore Blvd bikeway (Mike Sallaberry)


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Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:15:14 -0700
From: Mike Sallaberry 
Subject: [Carfreeliving] Home Depot and Bayshore Blvd bikeway
To: Carfreeliving at livablecity.org
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On this project, one possible mitigation for the traffic impacts of Home

Depot could be for them to pay for (or do the work for) the median
shaving 
necessary to stripe a northbound bike lane on Bayshore from Industrial
to 
Jerrold. DPT mentioned the idea to them but I believe they said their 
project area was limited, or something like that. I think it would be a 
good way for them to build up some goodwill with the community, and in
the 
whole scheme of things, it will not cost them that much, especially
since 
they are already doing some concrete/asphalt/signal work near the
entrance 
on Bayshore. Too bad they didn't take the opportunity to be more 
proactive.

The southbound route here is on Barneveld/Loomis, so for this section of

Bayshore, the median shaving and northbound bike lane would take care of
a 
big chunk of what we need on Bayshore. With the Oakdale bike lanes 
recently extended, this is a good chance to continue filling in the gaps

in the area.

Anyone involved with the Home Depot effort? I think if enough people ask

for this, there is a chance they'll do it.
Mike

** Thursday, July 28th **
BAYSHORE HOME DEPOT - PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
1 pm, City Hall, Rm 400*

The proposed Home Depot on Bayshore (site of the old Goodman's Lumber
and 
Whole Earth Access) will have a dramatic impact on traffic and could 
affect bike lanes on Bayshore. This Planning Commission meeting will be 
the final review and action on the project -- be sure to come out and
help 
push for the best outcome for biking on Bayshore.
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