Bike lanes on Illinois Street in an Industrial Area

The Illinois Street corridor is an industrial zone with very heavy vehicular traffic. It is within this heavy traffic zone that some one decided to take on the Business Community without proper noticing and outreach and accomodate bike lanes putting bikers in a danger zone.

Some one tried to pull a fast one without undertaking an Environmental Impact Report (EIR).

The Board of Supervisors were stupid enough to favor a proposal that is defective.

While bike lanes may work in an area where there is NO heavy vehicular traffic it makes no sense to have bike lanes in a areas where health and safety must first be mitigated. Bikers have to learn to dialog and not shove their private interests down the throat of those that may not share everything the bikers brag about.

Mayor Gavin Newsom and Sophie Maxwell will soon learn and read the facts for themselves when this issue goes to Court.

Again and again some folks think they can get away with murder. Bike fans are good as long as they do not infringe on the rights of others in the majority.

They tried it - closing the Golden Gate Park and failed. Many good organizations stood strong and defeated a proposal that would adversely impact many in the neighborhood.

http://www.sfbike.org/?illinois

An Environmental Impact Report gives all parties a fair chance and better information to make the right choices.

The City's Master Plan has not accomodated bike lanes. Our SF City Planning has no Transportation Document. Our SF City Planning should have in place an EIR that covers bike lanes all over the City and County of San Francisco.

An EIR is a must to check out the good, the bad, and the ugly in an given area in the City of San Francisco. Right now bike lanes in some areas are detrimental to the Health and Safety of everyone but more the bikers.

Why would anyone put any human being in harms way?

Francisco Da Costa
Director
Environmental Justice Advocacy