Comments on: Crosstown Bikeways plan calls for big green bike lanes running straight up the middle of Valencia Street http://www.missionmission.org/2011/11/07/crosstown-bikeways-plan-calls-for-big-green-bike-lanes-running-straight-up-the-middle-of-valencia-street/ Saluting San Francisco's Mission District Sat, 02 May 2026 13:30:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: jrg http://www.missionmission.org/2011/11/07/crosstown-bikeways-plan-calls-for-big-green-bike-lanes-running-straight-up-the-middle-of-valencia-street/#comment-47342 jrg Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:31:36 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=33350#comment-47342 Better idea: put the cars underground…

]]> By: jrg http://www.missionmission.org/2011/11/07/crosstown-bikeways-plan-calls-for-big-green-bike-lanes-running-straight-up-the-middle-of-valencia-street/#comment-47341 jrg Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:27:07 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=33350#comment-47341 Actually, the sidewalks have never been narrower….

]]> By: illuminaut http://www.missionmission.org/2011/11/07/crosstown-bikeways-plan-calls-for-big-green-bike-lanes-running-straight-up-the-middle-of-valencia-street/#comment-42471 illuminaut Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:28:22 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=33350#comment-42471 Everybody knows Valencia will eventually turn into a pedestrian strip mall with Gucci and Burberry stores anyway.

]]> By: smushmoth http://www.missionmission.org/2011/11/07/crosstown-bikeways-plan-calls-for-big-green-bike-lanes-running-straight-up-the-middle-of-valencia-street/#comment-42347 smushmoth Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:50:46 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=33350#comment-42347 You know the single intersection at Fell and Masonic that was considered so dangerous that they have a special light just to make the left? Well you will have that every single block (except needed for the right turn instead of the left), as well as collision points at driveways, you know because people live on Valencia street and have driveways already.

]]> By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable http://www.missionmission.org/2011/11/07/crosstown-bikeways-plan-calls-for-big-green-bike-lanes-running-straight-up-the-middle-of-valencia-street/#comment-42289 Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:45:38 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=33350#comment-42289 Additional crazytalk.

]]> By: rod http://www.missionmission.org/2011/11/07/crosstown-bikeways-plan-calls-for-big-green-bike-lanes-running-straight-up-the-middle-of-valencia-street/#comment-42288 rod Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:44:48 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=33350#comment-42288 aside from the fact that it’s foolish and insensitive to call people ‘retards’, you are calling most of the regular cyclists in this area ‘retards’ because you don’t understand how to get around on a bicycle. not every route has bike-friendly streets. people take S Van Ness for the same reasons cars do: it’s faster. most of those people you see are probably regular commuters trying to get to work or school on time. all that aside, one could make a very strong argument that taking a lane on South Van Ness is safer than riding in a bike lane on Folsom or Harrison.

]]> By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable http://www.missionmission.org/2011/11/07/crosstown-bikeways-plan-calls-for-big-green-bike-lanes-running-straight-up-the-middle-of-valencia-street/#comment-42275 Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:29:30 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=33350#comment-42275 All of the above.

]]> By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable http://www.missionmission.org/2011/11/07/crosstown-bikeways-plan-calls-for-big-green-bike-lanes-running-straight-up-the-middle-of-valencia-street/#comment-42272 Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:28:37 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=33350#comment-42272 Crazytalk.

]]> By: dan http://www.missionmission.org/2011/11/07/crosstown-bikeways-plan-calls-for-big-green-bike-lanes-running-straight-up-the-middle-of-valencia-street/#comment-42256 dan Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:03:26 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=33350#comment-42256 You want more drivers? Doesn’t the commute suck already? I’d rather see a $15 gas tax.. then I could drive to work past all the bikers in the morning with no real traffic.

]]> By: rod http://www.missionmission.org/2011/11/07/crosstown-bikeways-plan-calls-for-big-green-bike-lanes-running-straight-up-the-middle-of-valencia-street/#comment-42245 rod Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:28:43 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=33350#comment-42245 do you regularly ride a bike in this neighborhood or is this more ‘common sense’?

]]> By: rod http://www.missionmission.org/2011/11/07/crosstown-bikeways-plan-calls-for-big-green-bike-lanes-running-straight-up-the-middle-of-valencia-street/#comment-42244 rod Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:25:24 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=33350#comment-42244 well then your common sense is severely lacking. when there is no bike lane, riding in the center of the right lane is almost always the safest way to ride.

http://www.commutebybike.com/2008/03/18/top-5-reasons-to-claim-the-lane-and-why-its-safer/

http://cyclingsavvy.org/hows-my-driving/

http://www.bikexprt.com/streetsmarts/usa/chapter2a.htm

]]> By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable http://www.missionmission.org/2011/11/07/crosstown-bikeways-plan-calls-for-big-green-bike-lanes-running-straight-up-the-middle-of-valencia-street/#comment-42242 Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:53:58 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=33350#comment-42242 Yup, that is exactly what I was suggesting.

]]> By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable http://www.missionmission.org/2011/11/07/crosstown-bikeways-plan-calls-for-big-green-bike-lanes-running-straight-up-the-middle-of-valencia-street/#comment-42241 Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:52:33 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=33350#comment-42241 You mean besides common sense? I guess mostly just my own lyin’ eyes.

]]> By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable http://www.missionmission.org/2011/11/07/crosstown-bikeways-plan-calls-for-big-green-bike-lanes-running-straight-up-the-middle-of-valencia-street/#comment-42240 Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:52:07 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=33350#comment-42240 I think you’ve mistaken me for some sort of anti-bike person. On the contrary, i just think you have to be the aforementioned retard to ride on SVan Ness instead of Folsom or one of the other roads where you’re less likely to get creamed.

]]> By: rod http://www.missionmission.org/2011/11/07/crosstown-bikeways-plan-calls-for-big-green-bike-lanes-running-straight-up-the-middle-of-valencia-street/#comment-42238 rod Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:48:14 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=33350#comment-42238 taxpaying citizens with a right to use public roads?

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