Comments on: Treacherous 17th Street Potrero crossing gets bike lanes!

By: Shannon

Shannon — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 01:35:12 +0000

We rode 17th to and from Sunday Streets last weekend with our baby in the bike trailer and were so thrilled to see these new lanes being striped! Separated bikeways ( where possible) will be even better once we get them.

By: Susie O

Susie O — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 23:13:25 +0000

I agree- I ride these lanes nearly every day, but I will always ride the outside of the bike lane or the actual car lane, as the roads desperately need new paving. It’s incredibly unsafe to go down a hill, on a rocky road and then halt to a stop mid way down for the opposing traffic.

Hopefully, they will repave the entire 17th st stretch in Potrero Hill (as it needs new paving from Potrero to Mississippi)

By: SCUM

SCUM — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:48:27 +0000

17th is very sketchy with all the traffic trying to avoid 16th street.

By: kic00

kic00 — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:23:23 +0000

POTRERO not PORTRERO! geez.

By: the kraw

the kraw — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:36:58 +0000

yeah, the asphalt on this stretch is rather shitty. but it looks like they are taking a piece-by-piece approach to putting bike lanes on all of 17th Street, and i’m all for it. hopefully they will time the lights for bikes as well, creating an incentive for bikers to ride 17th and cars to take 16th. this dynamic seems to work pretty well with Valencia and Mission.

By: Susie O

Susie O — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:59:27 +0000

Hopefully, they will repave the entire 17th st stretch in Portrero Hill (as it needs new paving from Portrero to Mississippi).

By: T

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:38:59 +0000

The bike lane side of the street going downhill is so poorly paved though that people still ride on the smooth car side. :/