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San Francisco ThinkBike (September 2011) brought together Dutch and local experts to quickly brainstorm ideas over the course of two days for improving a section of Polk Street in San Francisco.
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ThinkBike Workshop
Team Blue
Polk Street Corridor
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The Team
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First Impressions
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Part of a Network Local Access
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Function Use
Design
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1. Support vibrant commercial activity and local businesses
by improving local access and public spaces
- Pedestrians
- Transit
- Deliveries
- Streetscape
2. Transform Polk Street into an inviting, comfortable, and
safe North-South bicycling route for everyone
Key Goals
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+ Safety: Low speeds
+ Highlights sense of place and neighborhood identity
+ Design enables sense and experience of community
+ Flavor of Sunday Streets
+ Low speeds = high spending (great for business)
+ Longer time to realize
Polk Street - People Street
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Polk Street - People Street
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+ Safety: reduces dooring, lowers speeds and reduces parking conflicts
+ Accommodates existing traffic volumes
+ Greater level of comfort for people new to bicycling
+ Improves pedestrian experience and enhances transit access
+ Flexible and modular
+ Possible to implement in 2013 with planned road re-surfacing
On Your Fiets!
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Curbside Bikeway with Separation
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Intersection Treatments
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Public Spaces/
Parklets
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Picture 3 Transit Stops
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Picture 2 Parking Guidance and
More Efficient Curb Usage
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Marketing and Communication Encouragement
+ Printed materials
+ Key chain card
+ Benefits merchants and cyclists
Education
+ Webpage to host information: The area and the
program
+ Local outreach about new facility types
Enforcement
+ Promote safe cycling to promote livable streets
+ Officer presence to educate and enforce
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Safe, Comfortable Access
and an Attractive Destination
Thank You!
Dank U!
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