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Draft Goals and Objectives Update
11/4/03
Introduction
The following draft goals and objectives for the San Francisco Bicycle Plan Update are based upon the goals and objectives in the 1997 San Francisco Bicycle Plan. These new goals reflect the City's commitment to improving the quality of life of its residents. The goals were developed and refined based on comments from City staff from numerous departments, the Update Oversight Committee, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC), and the public. When complete, the Update, including these revised Goals and Objectives, will be incorporated into the official Bicycle Plan Update and presented to the Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) and the Board of Supervisors for approval.
Overall Goal:
Make bicycling an integral part of daily life in San Francisco.
Objectives and Action Items
1. Increase Safe Bicycle Use
· Triple the bicycle share of daily commute trips in San Francisco to 10% by 20101
· Reduce the number of bicycle-motor vehicle collisions and the collision rate (accounting for increasing bicycle use).
2. Refine and Expand the Existing Bikeway Network
· Support the City's Transit First Policy
· Provide safe space for bicyclists through a comprehensive network of bikeways that are appropriately signed, marked, and/or traffic-calmed. Ideally, the facilities would include on-street, marked bicycle lanes or off-street bicycle paths;
· Utilize innovative designs, where appropriate, to improve bicycle usage and safety;
· Ensure the bikeway network:
· allows bicycle access within a quarter mile of major commercial and residential areas; and
· provides access to all Muni metro stations, BART stations, Caltrain stations, ferry terminals, and other major transit hubs; and
· is well signed.
3. Ensure Plentiful, High-Quality Bicycle Parking to Compliment the Bikeway Network
· Provide secure bike parking for short-term and long-term trips, including support for bike stations and attended bike parking facilities at major events and destinations.
4. Adopt Bicycle-Friendly Practices and Policies
· Ensure that bicycle facilities are routinely maintained (such as street sweeping, pavement painting and striping, signing, pavement surface maintenance, tree trimming, and other maintenance as necessary) for the safe operation of bicycles;
· Integrate consideration of bicycle travel into all roadway planning, design, and construction; and
· Coordinate roadway improvements to provide reasonable alternate routes and minimize disruption for cyclists in construction zones.
5. Promote Safe Bicycling
· Through community partnerships, identify funding, develop, and implement bicycle safety campaigns to promote bicycling as a, safe, healthy, cost-effective, environmentally beneficial alternative to auto use, including targeting campaigns to diverse racial and ethnic communities; and
· Develop funding for education programs to teach more cyclists and motorists about the rules of the road and safe sharing of the roadway.
6. Increase Enforcement of Bike-related Violations
· Work with the San Francisco Police Department to increase enforcement of traffic-related violations on the part both of motorists and cyclists in order to improve safety; and
· Increase enforcement of violations in bike facilities, such as parking in bike lanes.
7. Prioritize and Increase Bicycle Funding
· Identify a complete Bicycle Network, including costs and potential funding sources for these improvements;
· Establish priorities for project funding, including a top tier of priority projects that can be implemented within five years and a list of remaining projects requiring additional planning, engineering, and/or time to complete;
· Work with various City departments and other agencies to ensure that bicycle project proposals receive maximum leveraged funds from outside sources; and
· Identify and pursue new and existing local, regional, state, and federal funding sources for bike facilities and education and promotion programs.
1 San Francisco bicycle share of trips is estimated to be approximately 3.7% in 2003, based on information from the U.S. Census, RIDES for Bay Area Commuters, and local telephone survey data. The estimate of bicycle mode share must take into account variations in data acquisition methodologies, percentage variation, range of acceptable error, and periodic variations. The use of multiple data sources may be required to achieve an agreed-upon number. This topic will be further addressed in the policy section of the Bicycle Plan Update.
