another Bike Plan project cleared under the EIR

Description of project

This is Project 2.1 in the Bike Plan EIR:

2nd Street Bicycle Lanes, King Street to Market Street

Second Street is a key bike route through eastern SoMa, and bike lanes would safely and seamlessly connect cyclists to bike lanes on Howard and Folsom, and provide a safe route to Caltrain, the Ballpark and proposed bike lanes on Townsend. Second Street serves as a common bicycle route in the downtown and SOMA neighborhoods for both getting to work and across town. Currently though, Second Street has very narrow lanes and a high volume of traffic. Bicyclists are sandwiched in a small space between moving cars and parked car doors, which can lead to bicyclists getting "doored" — the leading cause of injury for bicyclists in SF.

This project is an element of SF Bike Route 11.

Project Designs and Drawings

MTA's project material (Acrobat PDF files):

• Modified Option 1 proposal for Second Street as presented to MTA Board on June 26, 2009
• SFMTA's schematic diagrams and presentation of Second Street bike lane project (includes street striping drawings)
• Project Description as analyzed in the Bike Plan EIR

Thanks to the huge support from SF Bike Coalition, this is one of the 45 new projects that won unanimous approval on June 26th!

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