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SF Bike Plan timeline

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)

 


 

1971SF 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 — SFBC reenergized, tubular times newsletter begins publication

1990SF Bicycle Advisory Committee created

1992SF Dept of Parking and Traffic (DPT) Bicycle Program established

1997first 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

2003Bicycle Advisory Committee reconstituted

2003Proposition K passes, re-authorizes half-cent sales tax (30 year life) to fund transportation improvements through SF County Transportation Authority

2005 — Planning MEA determines General Rule Exclusion for Bike Plan Policy Framework; BAC, SFMTA, SFCTA, Planning Commission, Board of Supervisors, Mayor approve Bike Plan 2005 Policy Framework (Network Document routed to SFCTA Prop. K funding plan track)

2006Bike Plan enjoined (June), final writ (November), vacating adoption and freezing all physical improvements for bikes in SF

2007EIR preparation begun (April)

2008Draft 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 Resources

The SF Bicycle Plan — The Bike Plan, the Citywide Bike Network, and the lawsuit that held it up

CEQA at a glance

SF Bike Plan EIR

 

 

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