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But a further delay, he opined, would spell doom for the J.F.K. promenade.
It's important to reiterate: all this controversy is only about banning cars on J.F.K. from Kezar to Transverse, less than half of the roadway and a portion that's fully paralleled by Lincoln Way on one side of the park and Fulton on the other, with a tunnel to the underground parking complex that's connected directly to the museums. As to getting around inside the park, as the map from Rec & Parks clearly shows, the vast majority of the streets in Golden Gate Park, including Martin Luther King Drive, are and will remain fully open to motorists.
But amidst all the years of gaslighting and distortion by the de Young's lobbying, one could be forgiven for thinking this is about banning motorists from the park. This isn't about car parking either. There's parking on all those other streets and there's the aforementioned 800-space underground garage that the de Young wants to pretend doesn't exist.
The entrance and tunnel to the parking garage at 10th and Fulton. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick
But it wouldn’t play well for the de Young museum, founded by San Francisco’s most famous billionaire family, to admit this isn't really about access for the poor.
Regardless of whether someone drives, rides transit, bikes, or walks to the park, no visitor should ever be endangered by a selfish, entitled minority of wealthy motorists who prefer to use the park as a freeway. The Supervisors need to say "no" to more delay and "yes" to a safe J.F.K.
Walk San Francisco urges people to come to the rally at City Hall from 8 - 9 a.m. Tuesday, tomorrow, April 26.