good morning, commissioners. susan, director of the mayor s office on disability. do you have questions? commissioner buell: we have gotten a number of letters concerned about the safety for disabled in terms of crossing and then access, so i would like to see if you could comment on this or if you have a look at the scheme and have any comments on it. let me give you a little bit of context. the mayor s office on disability is the office in san francisco that is the ada compliance office. our job is to make sure that the city is in compliance with the americans with disability act and other disability rights laws. we work with 88 coordinators in departments around the city. we absolutely consult on projects like this. in this case, we were approached a few months ago, and my e-mail say in june, to look at the cycle tracks as they were becoming more defined. we focused on the accessible parking spaces in those discussions. because in the past when we have had issues with
to ride in traffic. what can we do differently from an engineering perspective? on the left is a typical bike lane. there is really no buffering from traffic. furthermore, an urban environment, there is no buffer in from the doors zone. so when those parked cars of their doors, this is one of the most common types of bicycle crashes in the cities. you go helmet over handlebars. so these do not feel safe. they operate pretty well, and they do have a safety improvement. but they do not feel comfortable. on the right is really what we have been saying, sort of a sea change and bicycle engineering and design in the last three years. it is called a cycle track but you can see clearly that the bikeway is buffered from traffic, by a lane of parked cars, and there is an actual buffer zone between the bikeway in the parked cars. the bikeways wide enough for people to go comfortably from side to side and for people to pass each other. this one is from chicago, illinois. here are some m
the right, but there s a big potential to reach out to these people in the middle. we know that they are not riding right now because they re afraid to ride in traffic. what can we do differently from an engineering perspective? on the left is a typical bike lane. there is really no buffering from traffic. furthermore, an urban environment, there is no buffer in from the doors zone. so when those parked cars of their doors, this is one of the most common types of bicycle crashes in the cities. you go helmet over handlebars. so these do not feel safe. they operate pretty well, and they do have a safety improvement. but they do not feel comfortable. on the right is really what we have been saying, sort of a sea change and bicycle engineering and design in the last three years. it is called a cycle track but you can see clearly that the bikeway is buffered from traffic, by a lane of parked cars, and there is an actual buffer zone between the bikeway in the parked cars. the bikew
their garage and will elect a bicycle more often, because they remember that its offer is freedom from parental supervision and it brings them joy, so we re focused on these folks in the middle. we have already reached the folks on the left. we cannot get to the folks on the right, but there s a big potential to reach out to these people in the middle. we know that they are not riding right now because they re afraid to ride in traffic. what can we do differently from an engineering perspective? on the left is a typical bike lane. there is really no buffering from traffic. furthermore, an urban environment, there is no buffer in from the doors zone. so when those parked cars of their doors, this is one of the most common types of bicycle crashes in the cities. you go helmet over handlebars. so these do not feel safe. they operate pretty well, and they do have a safety improvement. but they do not feel comfortable. on the right is really what we have been saying, sort of a sea
this is the result of a survey done in portland asking who bicycles now and why, and what they found is about a third of the people that said no way, no how, they will never bicycle, or there never able to bicycle, and that is ok. then we have the fast and fair with folks on the left. they re comfortable writing in any kind of traffic and are frankly, they would prefer that we do not give them a bike lane at all. then we have the enthusiast, those who are comfortable with the infrastructure we have. but there is a huge segment of people in the middle, people who love to get out on their bikes. we know that women are underrepresented in bicycling. we know that younger children, older adults, and folks to have a bike in their current in their garage and will elect a bicycle more often, because they remember that its offer is freedom from parental supervision and it brings them joy, so we re focused on these folks in the middle. we have already reached the folks on the left. w