San Fran Mayor pressures SFMTA to kill Chinatown bike lanes after backlash
"The addition of bike lanes would likely take away street parking spots, sparking protests from merchants concerned about losing customers."
Aside from the article not pointing out that study after study has shown that this is not an issue, I wonder what can be done to discourage driving in this sort of neighborhood?
#SanFrancisco #BikeLanes #UrbanPlanning
San Francisco offers #ebike rebates
"Electrify My Ride offers SFPUC electricity customers with low incomes $1,000 off the purchase price of a new e-bike from participating local bike shops."
Advocates for safe and livable streets were outraged at a feature story in Friday's San Francisco Standard by senior editor Astrid Kane that justifies hatred of cyclists. From "A Bike Lane Moved, and This San Francisco Neighborhood Erupted," under the subheading "Why Do People Hate Cyclists So Much?"
S.F. Standard Fans Anti-Bike Hate - Streetsblog San Francisco