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