I've been starting to keep photo records of how horrible it is to commute to the 4th and King Caltrain station by bike these days. Just sent the first batch off to SFBC, now need to figure out who else to contact. I'd encourage others to at least write some emails because the situation there is getting ridiculous.
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Any of this should also go to Jane Kim, D6 Supervisor. And your own supervisor, unless it's Campos because that's just a waste of electrons.
The cab drivers have reuqired a lot of training. When the bike lane went in it was standard that they would queue up in the bike lane. We started to complain and SFMTA started sending out PCOs to ticket. One day I was riding center lane due to the cabbies blocking the lane. So this cabbie figures out the parking tickets are coming and he decides screw this and decided to head for the hills by whipping a U-turn right in front of me. Sometime's it's the medicine that makes the pain.
J
We will bring it up with the SFMTA and SFPD, but reach out directly to the Southern Station Captain Jerome DeFilippo and copy me (Chema Hernández Gil <ch...@sfbike.org>), Supervisor Jane Kim (Jane...@sfgov.org) and her aide, Sunny Angulo (sunny....@sfgov.org). I also encourage you to attend the next community meeting on the third Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. Call the station at 415-575-6000 for the location.
townsend sucks balls but feels safer than howard for some reason for heading back to the mission.
Hi, Ted.
Thank you for reaching out to our office. The Supervisor asked me to follow up with you regarding your concerns. I am cc-ing our Livable Streets liaison at SFMTA, Neal Patel, who has been doing extensive bike infrastructure planning work in this neighborhood on the Embacardero and King Street. I know that there have been some efforts to prioritize safe biking at the Caltrain station, starting with implementing a space for the Bike Share stall, but I can’t speak to the layout for the bus loading/unloading zones. I am also cc-ing Carli Paine, who has been staffing the shuttle bus permitting program to speak directly to that issue.
Thank you for including the video and photos, that is helpful to illustrate the need for a balance between the station loading and safe bicycle travel.
Neal/Carli – I know that the traffic flow has been further complicated by the construction of the Central Subway along Fourth Street – are there any short-term safety precautions we can implement?
Best,
Sunny
Sunny Angulo
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Hello Mr. Ketai,
Thank you for sharing your concerns. And, thank you, Sunny for passing them along.
The curb space around Caltrain has recently been reallocated to address the many access needs and to respond to the Central Subway construction. Kimberly Leung, Cc’ed here, from Sustainable Street’s construction group had the challenging task of coordinating all of the needs and creating a plan for curb reallocation. She may be able to address specific curb questions.
I saw the video you linked to in a blog last week and contacted Storer, who in turn addressed their operators and reminded them that loading/unloading in a bicycle lane is not only illegal but unsafe. The video was very helpful in showing them the concern.
Best,
Carli
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