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San Francisco officials want to make the city much more bike-friendly than it is now, taking inspiration from European cities such as Amsterdam and Copenhagen. David Chiu, the president of the Board of Supervisors wants the official target to be 20% of trips by 2020, which would be double the current target of 10% for this year.
One recent development that could help SF start moving forward on bike infrastructure and policies is the removal of an injunction by the courts:
"After nearly four years of legal wrangling, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Peter Busch lifted the city's bike injunction this afternoon, freeing the SFMTA to begin working on implementing the remaining projects in the Bike Plan, and soundly rejecting the objections made by plaintiff Rob Anderson and his attorney Mary Miles." (source)
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One way to reach 20% by 2020 might be to follow the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC) plan to create 27 miles of safe crosstown bike paths that would allow cyclists of all skills levels to get around the city more easily. You can see a map of the proposal here. You can read more about the plan, which is called Connecting the City, here.
Via SF Gate
