Demand a halt to SFMTA’s Bike and Roll Plan

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We demand transparency from SFMTA and SFCTA and to be heard about decisions impacting our shared city streets. Our elected officials must protect freedom of mobility for ALL San Francisco residents.

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What's happening:

SFMTA is facing a $320mil deficit next year and threatening service cuts to MUNI and our iconic Cable Cars, two money-generating operations. Rather than use our tax dollars to provide safe, clean, reliable public transit options that would bring in much-needed revenue, SFMTA begs taxpayers for more money, which it then spends on “Streets” projects with bloated Admin expenditures. This fiscal irresponsibility is outrageous, and closing city streets without community input is even more outrageous.

Not only do street closures increase congestion, traffic, and frustration, they also impede our city’s economic recovery by decreasing the ability of consumers to flow freely into and within the city. We must keep fighting these dangerous and counterproductive street closures.

CLICK HERE for the SFMTA Biking and Rolling Plan

These plans should be revealed to and discussed with voters PRIOR to implementation and certainly should have been widely promoted before we voted on Prop K. These highly impactful changes to our city streets must be publicized NOW to avoid more damaging street closures or road diets.

At a bare minimum, what’s proposed in the attached Biking and Rolling Plan should NOT be considered until after the 19th Avenue repaving project is completed.

There is also talk of a transit/HOV-only lane on 19th Ave, which would reduce the automobile capacity of 19th Ave by almost one-third in either direction. We can expect massive gridlock and negative environmental impacts from increased congestion and decreased visitors to our museums, restaurants, plays, and shops from North and South Bay.

Please take 1 minute to send this email to the Mayor, Board of Supervisors, and the City Attorney, telling them that we demand transparency from SFMTA and SFCTA and to be heard on decisions impacting our shared city streets.

Our elected officials must protect freedom of mobility for ALL San Francisco residents.

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Message to the Board of Supervisors, cc: Mayor and City Attorney:

Dear Elected Officials,&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;SFMTA is facing a $320mil deficit next year and threatening service cuts to MUNI and our iconic Cable Cars. SFMTA leadership should focus on cutting “Streets” projects and admin costs, not cutting MUNI and Cable Cars services, which actually generate revenue.&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;The Biking and Rolling Plan, directing SFMTA investments in the biking and rolling network for the next 10-15 years, is unvetted, non-transparent and devoid of any community input. Proposals in the draft deck linked below were presented this year and many are planned within the next five years. The proposals are confusing, without valid reasoning, lacking in environmental impact studies and will have devastating impacts on the freedom of mobility for SF residents and beyond.&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;To illustrate our point of the need for more transparency and clarity, we direct you to the Biking and Rolling presentation (https://www.sfmta.com/media/41116/download?inline) Look at page 59 and focus on Chain of Lakes Drive and the Great Highway between Fulton and Lincoln: what exactly is the proposal promoting? Is it, or isn’t it car-free? Hard to tell for average folks when SFMTA lists multiple options under the same color designation (see page 64). How is the public supposed to figure this out so they can ask the right questions, or fight back? We demand transparency!&#13;&#10;These plans should be revealed to and discussed with voters PRIOR to implementations and certainly prior to our voting on Prop K. These highly impactful changes to our city streets need to be publicized NOW to avoid more damaging street closures or road diets. &#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;Furthermore, the Biking and Rolling Plan proposals either drastically reduce the capacity of or completely close Chain of Lakes Drive to cars. San Francisco's recovery requires our leaders to STOP doing ANYTHING that discourages tourism and access to our shared city streets. Mobility for all residents and tourists must continue unhindered for SF to have any chance at a successful economic recovery. &#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;Adding further uncertainty,  Scott Wiener’s new legislation, promoting an eventual transit/HOV-only lane on 19th Ave, which will reduce the automobile capacity of 19th Avenue by almost one-third in either direction. We can expect massive gridlock and negative environmental impacts from increased congestion and decreased visitors to our museums, restaurants, plays, and shops from North and South Bay. &#13;&#10;https://sd11.senate.ca.gov/news/senate-transportation-committee-passes-senator-wieners-street-safety-package&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;At a bare minimum, what’s proposed in the attached Biking and Rolling Plan should never be considered until after the 19th Avenue repaving project is completed.&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;SFMTA should be reminded that its primary function is public transit, not vanity street projects.  SFMTA should be held accountable to all SF residents, not just a tiny minority special interest group. It should not be allowed to hinder our city’s economic revival by thwarting tourism and decreasing the ability of North and South Bay folks to come to enjoy all our city has to offer.&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;We demand transparency from SFMTA and SFCTA and to be heard on decisions impacting our shared city streets. We require that our elected officials protect all San Francisco residents' freedom of mobility.&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;Thank you.

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Demand a halt to the implementation of SFMTA’s Bike and Roll Plan which aims to impose further SF street closures.