Download - ThinkBike San Francisco: Wiggle
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The Wiggle
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Hillie TalensCasey AllenPaul ChasanGary FisherCortney MildIan MooreMaggie O’MaraBob PlantholdEllen RobinsonJean-Paul ScottBridget SmithPeter TannenAndy ThornleyDustin WhiteLisa Zahner
Team
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1. Market Street2. Polk Street
3.The Wiggle
Study Area
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Prioritize bikes along major east-west bike route that avoids hills and connects Market and Panhandle
Purpose
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• Eastbound Duboce at Market –complex bike crossing
• Duboce/Church & Duboce/Steiner – complex intersections with Muni tracks
• Haight Street – busy with Muni and commercial activity
Challenges
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• Scott – cut-throughfor 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
Challenges
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Solutions Route Identity
• Surface treatments - streetprint• Wayfinding for bikes and pedestrians
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Wiggle-themed street furniture – benches and bike racks
Solutions Route Identity
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Solutions Traffic Circles
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Solutions Speed Tables
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Solutions Fietsstraat
Bicycle Street - Car is Guest
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Solutions Market - Duboce
• Study closure of Buchanan• Add crossbike adjacent to crosswalk• Allow eastbound bike movement in one phase
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Solutions Duboce - Church
• Crossbikes with refuge• Rail replacement project• Cycle track along MUNI
boarding area• Transit-only lanes
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Solutions Church - Steiner
• Channelized bike turn• Pedestrian bulb-outs• Clearly marked intersection• Realigned crosswalk
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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
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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
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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
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Solutions Scott - Fell
• Prohibit left-turn from Fell to Scott• Expand sidewalk plantings = more greenery• Deter Cut-Through traffic on Scott
• 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
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Solutions Further Study
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• 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
Solutions Marketing
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Questions?
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Upper Wiggle