Adrianna TanPolk St is a car sewer and that is why I prefer to be on my bike along it; unfortunately the bike lanes are also full of cars because Polk St is a car sewer. Close this damned street.
I always have regrets when I’m in the 19 bus. Because Polk St is a car sewer. And that’s sad because the 19 is such an important bus service.
A person just got out of the 19 bus saying ‘I can crawl faster than this’. I feel the same.
aditya 🌱@skinnylatte which stretch? could use bus lanes the whole way, but esp on Polk
Scott McDowell@bambipotf @skinnylatte I’m all for bus lanes, but they literally just built them a block west on Van Ness. Just close Polk to cars and keep bikes and the 19.
@fadersolo @skinnylatte yeah ofc polk should be car free with electronic bollards to let buses through. same with 6/7 on haight
@bambipotf @skinnylatte Cars have enough better options east and west of Polk. To the east it’s Larkin and Hyde, which are fast one ways from California to Market. West is Van Ness then Franklin and Gough. It really feels like an ideal street to ban cars from!
@fadersolo @skinnylatte do you mean East/West? but yeah i agree! topography matters, it's the least steep math between civic canter and Ft. Mason (that's why they call it the Polk Gulch). it belongs to bikes and pedestrians
@bambipotf @skinnylatte you’re right, I got my orientation confused
@fadersolo @skinnylatte this is my favorite topographic map of SF. wish i could find the creator. Polk is clearly visible, as is the Wiggle and Alemany and many other corridors that should be priority for bike infra