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DESCRIPTION:Connection made between bicycling conditions on Fell St. and catastrophe in 
 the Gulf\n\nProtesters emboldened by a successful protest last Friday June 
 11th, when over 100 people showed up and took peaceful direct action to 
 shut down the Arco station’s Fell St. entrances,  say they will return 
 until the hazardous entrances are closed for good. The Arco station, which 
 sells BP fuel at the corner of Fell and Divisadero Streets, has been a 
 thorn in the side of San Francisco cyclists for many years, as drivers 
 block the bike lane while lining up for cheap gas.\n\nOrganizers claim that 
 the station is not only directing major profits to a company who is 
 criminally negligent in destroying human and wild life in the Gulf- it is 
 also endangering people who are trying to live less oil dependent lives.   
 According to Josh Hart, a Menlo Park resident who has a Masters degree in 
 Transportation Planning “Last Friday, for the first time in as long as 
 anyone can remember, cyclists could ride along the only level east-west 
 cycle route in the city during rush hour without having to swerve around 
 cars lined up at the Arco station.  People are going to return every Friday 
 until the city takes its share of responsibility for weaning us off our oil 
 addiction by protecting the safety of cyclists.” \n\nJason Henderson, a 
 Geography professor at SF State who grew up in New Orleans, is saddened and 
 distraught at the images coming out of the Gulf.  “The oiled and dying 
 wildlife in the wetlands I used to visit as a child, five years after the 
 destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina to my home city are both linked to 
 our dependence on oil.  It is just senseless when people want safe and 
 viable alternatives to the automobile.   Why isn’t our government acting 
 with more urgency to provide these choices?”\n\nProtest organizers 
 suggest that a complete network of safe bicycle lanes can offer people 
 alternatives to driving alone.  Here in San Francisco the demand for a 
 comprehensive urban bicycle system is widespread.   According to a 2007 
 Binder poll, 75% of voters in San Francisco support new bike lanes and 
 infrastructure. \n\nRobin Levitt,  longtime San Francisco resident, Detroit 
 native and protester says “BP/ARCO cares as much for the suffering of the 
 birds in the Gulf as they do about the person on a bike who risks injury or 
 death having to swerve around cars blocking the bike lane just to get cheap 
 gas at their station. Every Friday we will stand with the pelicans, 
 turtles, and dolphins suffering from the spill, knowing that if we fail to 
 end our oil addiction, we will not be far behind them.”\n\nWhere and 
 when: The protesters will return every Friday at 5:30pm at the Arco station 
 on the corner of Fell and Divisadero streets in San Francisco until the 
 “holes are plugged:”until the city of San Francisco closes the 
 dangerous entrances at this Arco station and until BP plugs their oil 
 spewing holes in the Gulf seafloor.   \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/06/17/18650972.php
SUMMARY:Fell St. ARCO Protesters Vow to Return Until Driveway Closed
LOCATION:Arco Station 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/06/17/18650972.php
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