Friends of Slow Lake StreetMar 15, 2023
Great story by @ReisThebault on the movement to reclaim SF’s streets from cars and create a happier, healthier city. The pandemic “opened people’s eyes to the fact that we don’t have to live like this. We don’t have to have every street devoted to cars.”https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2023/pedestrian-safety-covid-pandemic/
U.S. cities are fighting over keeping covid street closures

The pandemic turbocharged the push to make America's streets more pedestrian friendly. As the covid-19 emergency ends, many are fighting to make those changes permanent. Not everyone is happy about it.

The Washington Post
Show threadFriends of Slow Lake StreetMar 15, 2023

The piece quotes Dede Wilsey, the socialite who continues to campaign, undemocratically, against JFK Promenade: “The fact is, roads were built for cars, they weren’t built for bicycles.”

Actually…

Show threadFriends of Slow Lake StreetMar 15, 2023

…SF’s roads were built for people, carriages & bicyclists decades before the advent of motordom.

Here are photos of what is today’s JFK Promenade (1898, left) and *DeYoung Museum* (1900, right).

Note the bikes out front.

Voters just restored this superior use of the park! 🎉

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@slowlakestreet JFK Promenade 19 years before he was born!
Mar 15, 2023 at 10:26pmWeb