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Protected Bike Lanes Finally Coming to Folsom Street Near Transbay Center

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The city will hold a public meeting on Thursday evening to present updates on a plan to install protected bike lanes on Folsom Street near the Transbay Transit Center, east of Second Street.

Construction on the project was previously expected to start this year, according to a city staff presentation from last June [PDF]. At the time, an interim version of the streetscape redesign would have included only a protected bike lane in the eastbound direction, with three lanes for cars, converted for two-way traffic.

The plans are now set to be constructed in 2016, and they've been upgraded "because of Vision Zero," according to Paul Chasan of the Planning Department.

"The new design calls for a two-lane street and a cycle track, which is going to make it a much safer pedestrian environment," Chasan told a supervisors committee at a recent meeting. ("Cycle track" is the city's term for protected bike lanes.) "It's going to make it a high-quality space."

As part of the project, a protected bike signal phase would be installed at the harrowing Essex Street intersection, which has two right-turn lanes for drivers headed to a Bay Bridge onramp.

For some reason, no information on the time and location of Thursday's meeting has been posted online by the Department of Public Works or the Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure, which are leading the project. The SF Bicycle Coalition posted info on its website about the meeting yesterday.

The meeting will be held on Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts at 701 Mission Street.

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