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i think you may have read something about the Market/Octavia intersection, which is problematic on the downhill-for-bikers/northern side because cars keep running us over there. cars make the illegal right turn b/c it's the only way to get onto the highway for miles, and bikers are hauling downhill and so can't stop in time thus getting right-hooked.

to remedy the situation, the city wants to remove the bike lane just before the intersection to force cyclists to merge and, in theory, 'take the lane' so we can't get right-hooked.

SFBC doesn't agree with the decision, but i haven't heard any better answers.

in the short term, i'm all for saving biker lives, so i'd agree with the removal in the short term, as long as we have a long-term fix that is more bike-friendly.

According to the bike counts on bike to work day 2008 there were more bikes on Market than cars! Let's have more space for bikes on Market and dare we say, only allow transit and bikes on Market since car traffic is at a standstill most of the time anyway.

wtf, critical mass everyday? 😀 greets from Poland (alcoholand;)

Heh..the vid reminds me of an average working-day in the Dutch town I currently reside (minus the helmets. No-one, but very small kids, wears them.)luckily it's all separated bike-lanes overhere, so pushy cabs are not gonna run into ya while illegally using the bike-lane like I had happen too much in NY...(and I also do not miss the rude comments thrown at me from the drivers of forementioned cabs..heh..)Just recently found out that you can cycle from one Dutch city to another via fully-fledged separated "bike high-ways"  o_O