It is currently 54°, heading toward 61°. Looks like it’s going to be sunny for the rest of the week.
Last night as I was riding my bike to the office, I noticed something unusual in this section of the Mission — no fewer than seven bicycles at a stoplight intersection. It was 10 p.m. on a Tuesday night at 16th and Folsom streets. In the two years that I’ve passed by there, I don’t remember seeing that many bicycles.
Apparently it isn’t just me; according to a recently released report by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), bicycling has risen 71 percent since 2006.
The SF Examiner explains the counting process:
During the latest observations, SFMTA checkers observed 10,139 cyclists, a number that would have represented a 30 percent increase from 2010 levels. However, since more people bike in September, the SFMTA revised the numbers to estimate that 8,314 cyclists would have taken the streets in August, a number that represents the seven percent growth.
On the topic of transit, SF Streetsblog reminds us that there is a Cesar Chavez Streetscape Project meeting this afternoon:
The SFMTA has just announced changes to the long-awaited community-based design for Cesar Chavez between Bryant Street and Hampshire Street. Caltrans, the State Department of Transportation, is now requiring an additional vehicle travel lane on Cesar Chavez between Bryant Street and York Street, forcing the loss of on-street car parking on the south side of the street in that section.
The meeting starts at 6 p.m. at the Rolph Playground, near Potrero and 25th streets.
