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I dont quite understand how bad “private” cars really were on market. I bike commuted throughout the city for a decade, and my biggest problem on market were m
by samstave 7y ago
I dont quite understand how bad “private” cars really were on market.
I bike commuted throughout the city for a decade, and my biggest problem on market were muni buses and the cheese grater.
As a driver, there is a little black hole to get to via private car easily and thats the marriott marquee and target.
It takes an extra while to loop past markrt back around to get to marriott in certain circumstances.
Also, i once tested taking muni down from mission and duboce to embarcaderro vs how long it would take on bicycle; muni bus took 40 minutes. Bike to 7.
Although muni was plagued by little swarms of ticket cops causing massive delays to check tickets and hassle people. (They spent many minutes engaging in not productive discussion with people and arguing with them over tickets, which only delayed the rest of the bus longer)
- caymanjim 7y agoI lived in San Francisco 15 years ago, and last visited about six years ago. I know a lot can change in that time frame, but when I was there, there wasn't much car traffic on that section of Market. I don't object to the car ban, but I don't think it will change much. Looks like another victory of PR over practical impact. This is a cheap and easy way to gain good press without addressing any of San Francisco's core transit problems.
- kiliantics 7y agoprivate cars are bad anywhere in a city