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 | the long and winding history of the SF Bicycle Plan[originally presented as SF Bike Plan — Where to Now?, a SPUR Forum, April 17, 2007] SF Bike Map 2004 (Acrobat PDF, 1.2 Mb) SF Bike Plan EIR, network elements for environmental analysis (PowerPoint, 1.2 Mb)
1971 — SF Bicycle Coalition founded; San Francisco's first bike lanes striped on Lake Street (spring/summer) 1982 — Bicycle policies added to SF General Plan Transportation Element; official Bicycle Route Network added to SF General Plan Transportation Element as Map 13
1990 — SF Bicycle Advisory Committee created 1992 — SF Dept of Parking and Traffic (DPT) Bicycle Program established 1997 — first SF Bicycle Plan published & adopted (outside of General Plan), designating official route network and policies to support better, safer, more routine bicycling. 1999 — Proposition E passes, SFMTA formed, City Charter amended 2000 — SFBC awarded Caltrans community-based planning grant to plan Bike Network implementations 2001 — DPT amends and re-adopts SF Bicycle Plan (3-page expedient for the sake of funding eligibility) 2002 — DPT begins Bike Plan Update, joins SFBC effort 2002 — Bicycle Advisory Committee dissolved 2002-2003 — SFBC carries out BPU workshops and general outreach for network improvements and priority gap closure proposals 2003 — Bicycle Advisory Committee reconstituted 2003 — Proposition K passes, re-authorizes half-cent sales tax (30 year life) to fund transportation improvements through SF County Transportation Authority
2006 — Bike Plan enjoined (June), final writ (November), vacating adoption and freezing all physical improvements for bikes in SF 2007 — EIR preparation begun (April) 2008 — Draft EIR for SF Bike Plan released (November 26) 2009 — Bike Plan EIR certified & CEQA findings approved (Planning Commission 6/25/09); CEQA findings approved & 2009 Bike Plan adopted & Bike Network projects legislated (MTA Board, 6/26/09); partial lifting of injunction allowing the City to implement some projects (November) 2010 — injunction lifted (August 6), remaining approved projects commence implementation
Other ResourcesThe SF Bicycle Plan — The Bike Plan, the Citywide Bike Network, and the lawsuit that held it up
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