From the California Bicycle Coalition

From Crandall Arambula

From Change Lab Solutions

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It would be easier and safer to walk or bike to San Francisco's parks if we invested in the movement of people, using their own two feet, rather than prioritizing the mindless and dangerous task of driving.

By this, the Planning Department must create pedestrian and bicycle arterials nearly devoid from automobiles that provide a beautiful and safe environment to promote walking and cycling.

This can be implemented on streets providing the most accesible and direct route to parks which have low vehicle miles traveled (VMT), thus removing lanes would be less drastic on intersection LOS (level of service).

Now, once the lanes are removed, they must be replaced by protected bikeways and wider sidewalks (IMAGES 1-3). These will promote pedestrian activity while providing a wide, safe route for families and friends to walk and ride sociably.

Along these "green connections" should be trees, art murals, benches, and possibly some designated areas for food trucks. This beautifies the streets, and people will love it.

However, removing automobile access to a street entirely is quite challenging. But, in removing automobile lanes and implementing bulb-outs and lower speed limits (and other traffic calming techniques), there will be a chance that drivers will prefer to walk and ride bikes on these streets rather than take alternative streets.

In summation, these implementations should be successful and will adhere to the notion that if you build it, they will come.