Comments on: Bush Bike

By: Eye Ronnie

Eye Ronnie — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 01:06:42 +0000

large marge = PHAT!

By: Still ??

Still ?? — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 16:06:53 +0000

“everyone it inspired to bike or walk instead of drive” – Allan Hough

Oh dear god, please stop beating a dead horse. It’s not a sin to drive a car, back off already and quite cramming you bicycle down my throat. I ride a bicycle but we don’t need to begin regarding it our personal identity. Such a tired subject. It’s ok if you drive a car, walk, ride bike. They’re all ok, just leave it at that.

By: travis

travis — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:11:30 +0000

I think the Harrison part was just an experiment; I’m sure the additional cost of adding on that stretch wasn’t too much of the whole stunt’s budget.

The tail end of 24th street was pretty barren too. I think because Dynamo ran out of donuts.

By: Ferocious Foot Odor

Ferocious Foot Odor — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:58:45 +0000

I was really referring to the scope of the closure. Sorry for being over broad. Again I like the whole thing as a concept, but it was silly imho to close so many streets and mostly have nothing happening on a long stretch of Harrison…

By: olu

olu — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:11:05 +0000

plus since business generate revenue on that day, and we tax them, we likely see a net gain – or at least not a loss.

and can you put a price on happy citizenry?

By: Rod

Rod — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:41:15 +0000

this event wasn’t funded by your tax dollars, and there are definitely areas where TONS of people were taking advantage of this. i was around 24th and Mission at noon or so and the streets were packed with people.

By: cr

cr — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:42:08 +0000

It’s organized and funded by a non-profit group, Livable City, with a good chunk of the tab covered by private donations, sponsorships, volunteers, etc. The in-kind services from the city agencies involved seem like a good investment to me.

By: Allan Hough

Allan Hough — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 05:46:54 +0000

But think of all the kids it inspired to get healthy, and all the citizens it inspired to get out more, and everyone it inspired to bike or walk instead of drive, and the awareness it raised about local businesses and THE COMMUNITY. It was an investment in THE FUTURE. Right?

By: Ferocious Foot Odor

Ferocious Foot Odor — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 05:43:00 +0000

OK, look. I live on Harrison Street (I have since long before the lofts) and it was indeed lovely to experience Harrison as a quiet bike path for a few hours today.

It was like a work of performance art, or a weird TV commercial for the post-apocalypse Visa Card.

It really was. Eerie, magical, empty. And I do mean empty. But it was luxurious.

And for hours and hours before hand, the city was paying overtime to cops and street cleaners and everyone else under our dimming fiscal sun to prep for it.

In other words, it was a glorious, luxuriant waste of a ton of money when our city is basically broke.

Sunday Streets in this case was a grossly expensive joke, like a Donald Trump Casino. Sorry, but its just the truth.