By tyndicated Local – CBS San Francisco : msn – excerpt (includes video)
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — Over the course of the pandemic, so-called “slow streets” popped up in neighborhoods throughout San Francisco. They’re designed to limit through traffic on some residential streets to create a common, shared space for those also traveling on foot and by bicycle.
There are nearly 30 corridors throughout the city, according to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA).
But at Kirkham St. and 34th Ave., longtime local Elisa Smith thinks the slow street there is more of a nuisance than a benefit.
“The one here on Kirkham, it’s almost never used by anybody other than cars whizzing around the signage,” she said. “A lot of these are just causing more problems than they are a source of enjoyment for people.”…(more)
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Surveys and polls are rigged everywhere. This is a non-partisan issue. Mayor Falconer is a Republican who follows the Democratic biker path down the road of lost political causes. California politicians have decided to link transportation and housing programs under a program that forces density and removes cars at a pace that most people object to. Sacramento created the war on cars and it is up to the voters to fight back, surrender, or leave. We shall soon see where the SF voters stand.
As a disabled veteran who is able to regularly use slow streets on a Bicycle, I do not use all of them at once but I found them beneficial for me to be able to use different slow streets to get to another location in SF