The Wiggle

ThinkBike Workshop, 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

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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

• – 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