Thinkbike Workshop, San Francisco 1 Team
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The Wiggle ThinkBike Workshop, San Francisco 1 Team Hillie Talens Casey Allen Paul Chasan Gary Fisher Cortney Mild Ian Moore Maggie O’Mara Bob Planthold Ellen Robinson Jean-Paul Scott Bridget Smith Peter Tannen Andy Thornley Dustin White Lisa Zahner 2 ThinkBike Workshop, San Francisco 19-20 September 2011 Study Area 1. Market Street 2. Polk Street 3.The Wiggle 1 2 3 3 ThinkBike Workshop, San Francisco 19-20 September 2011 Purpose Prioritize bikes along major east-west bike route that avoids hills and connects Market and Panhandle 4 ThinkBike Workshop, San Francisco 19-20 September 2011 Challenges • Eastbound Duboce at Market – complex bike crossing • Duboce/Church & Duboce/Steiner – complex intersections with Muni tracks • Haight Street – busy with Muni and commercial activity 5 ThinkBike Workshop, San Francisco 19-20 September 2011 Challenges • Scott – cut-through for motorists • Scott/Fell – left-turn bike/ motorist conflicts • All intersections – pedestrian/cyclist/motorist conflicts • Throughout – tour buses and employer shuttles • Throughout – lack of route identity and visual cues 6 ThinkBike Workshop, San Francisco 19-20 September 2011 Solutions Route Identity • Surface treatments - streetprint • Wayfinding for bikes and pedestrians 7 ThinkBike Workshop, San Francisco 19-20 September 2011 Solutions Route Identity Wiggle-themed street furniture – benches and bike racks 8 ThinkBike Workshop, San Francisco 19-20 September 2011 Solutions Traffic Circles 9 ThinkBike Workshop, San Francisco 19-20 September 2011 Solutions Speed Tables 10 ThinkBike Workshop, San Francisco 19-20 September 2011 Solutions Fietsstraat Bicycle Street - Car is Guest 11 ThinkBike Workshop, San Francisco 19-20 September 2011 Solutions Market - Duboce • Study closure of Buchanan • Add crossbike adjacent to crosswalk • Allow eastbound bike movement in one phase 12 ThinkBike Workshop, San Francisco 19-20 September 2011 Solutions Duboce - Church • Crossbikes with refuge • Rail replacement project • Cycle track along MUNI boarding area • Transit-only lanes 13 ThinkBike Workshop, San Francisco 19-20 September 2011 Solutions Church - Steiner • Channelized bike turn • Pedestrian bulb-outs • Clearly marked intersection • Realigned crosswalk 14 ThinkBike Workshop, San Francisco 19-20 September 2011 Solutions Scott - Haight • Super sharrows on Haight (highlight shared lane with cars) • Loading zone on Haight to reduce double-parking • Convert Scott to slow shared street • Expand sidewalk plantings = more greenery 15 ThinkBike Workshop, San Francisco 19-20 September 2011 Solutions Scott - Page • Planted traffic circle at Scott/Page • Convert Scott to slow shared street • Expand sidewalk plantings = more greenery • Deter cut-through traffic on Scott 16 ThinkBike Workshop, San Francisco 19-20 September 2011 Solutions Scott (Oak-Fell) • Make Scott one-way northbound except bikes • Green bike box on Oak at Scott • Pedestrian bulb-outs • Raised speed tables on Oak • Expand sidewalk plantings = more greenery • Deter cut-through traffic on Scott 17 ThinkBike Workshop, San Francisco 19-20 September 2011 Solutions Scott - Fell • Prohibit left-turn from Fell to Scott • Expand sidewalk plantings = more greenery • Deter Cut-Through traffic on Scott 18 ThinkBike Workshop, San Francisco 19-20 September 2011 Solutions Further Study • Add left-turn signals on Divisadero to make it more attractive than Scott • Work with employer shuttles to reroute off Scott • Restrict tour buses on Scott • Provide tour bus loading zone along Alamo Square 19 ThinkBike Workshop, San Francisco 19-20 September 2011 Solutions Marketing • Create a consistent logo and colors for the Wiggle • Community fun rides, incorporated into exisiting neighborhood events, like Lower Haight Art Walk • Banners and art along the route 20 ThinkBike Workshop, San Francisco 19-20 September 2011 Questions? 21 ThinkBike Workshop, San Francisco 19-20 September 2011 Upper Wiggle 22 ThinkBike Workshop, San Francisco 19-20 September 2011.