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Old 07-02-06, 01:56 PM
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San Francisco Bike Plan implementation halted until at least September

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Superior Court Judge James Warren issued a preliminary injunction this week at the request of two groups, Coalition for Adequate Review and 99 Percent, which are seeking greater public review of the bicycle plan. The plan, approved last year by the Board of Supervisors and Mayor Gavin Newsom, is designed to make the streets of San Francisco more bicycle-friendly by creating more dedicated bike lanes and places to securely stow bikes.

The injunction will stay in place until the court decides whether the bike plan has undergone adequate environmental review. A hearing is scheduled for Sept. 13.

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The injunction bars the city -- at least temporarily -- from creating new bike lanes, changing the timing of traffic signals to accommodate cyclists, and restricting or removing on-street parking to benefit bikes.

SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle - "Judge puts city's bicycle plan on hold" (24 June 2006)

See also:

• the preliminary injunction [PDF]

• the San Francisco Bike Coalition's press release [PDF]

• an article in the Examiner and columns in the SF Weekly and SF Bay Guardian

• CAR/99 Percent spokesman Rob Anderson's blog

• the 2005 Bike Plan Update
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This Rob Anderson dude sounds like just another anti-cycling pr*ck.
I think I'll post his email on every spam site I can find.
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The injunction will stay in place until the court decides whether the bike plan has undergone adequate environmental review
?? these are bicycles we are talking about... ??
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Hello BOIP,

Thanks for brining this to our attention. It is ironic that Ninety-Nine Percent and crew feels that bicycling is so unsafe that is better not to spend any funds for improving bicycle factilites. Better to keep the parking instead of bike lanes & spend 100% for car travel?
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