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Ford GoBike is expanding bike share in the Barbary Coast! The community is invited to provide feedback on the company’s latest round of proposed stations in San Francisco. Bike sharing is a new, affordable, and convenient transportation option for the city of San Francisco, and your input is important in helping craft a system that works best for residents, businesses, and visitors across the city. You can provide feedback on individual locations through Ford GoBike’s online survey, which is also available in Spanish and Chinese.

You can view a map of proposed stations. The timeline for installation of these stations is mid-2018, with permitting happening this Fall and Winter.

Ford GoBike station locations are determined based on a combination of community feedback (public workshops, community meetings, etc), engineering analysis, neighborhood needs, and input from the city of San Francisco. Additionally, when selecting suitable locations, numerous criteria are considered including access to solar power, Americans With Disabilities Act requirements and anticipated demand. You can read more about the outreach process at https://www.fordgobike.com/expansion.

San Francisco Public Works is scheduled to conduct grinding and temporary paving work on five blocks of The Embarcadero between Broadway and Folsom from October 15 through November 9, 2017. Due to the high volume of pedestrian and vehicular traffic in the area, roadway resurfacing operations will be conducted overnight, Sundays to Thursdays from 7 pm to 7 am. One lane of traffic will be maintained in each direction at all times, and cyclists will be allowed access. During construction, motorists will experience disruptions in traffic, as well as an increase in noise and dust levels. Please allow extra travel time.

Street parking will be restricted in the work zone, and restrictions may begin earlier than 7 pm. Posted barricade signs will indicate exact work hours, days, and locations, which may vary depending on the construction task. Crews may need to post additional parking restrictions on side streets near intersections in order to complete the work. Vehicles parked in the construction zone during the posted work hours will be towed at the vehicle owner’s expense. Sidewalk and driveway access will be maintained at all times; however, delays are possible if crews are working on your block.

WORK SCHEDULE

Sunday 10/15 thru Thursday 10/19 AND Sunday 10/22 thru Tuesday 10/24
Southbound Embarcadero: Washington to Mission
Northbound Embarcadero: Folsom to Howard

Wednesday, 10/25 thru Thursday 10/26 AND Sunday 10/29 thru Thursday, 11/2
Northbound Embarcadero: Mission to Washington

Sunday, 11/5 thru Thursday, 11/9
Northbound Embarcadero: Washington to Broadway NIGHT WORK October 15 – November 9

San Francisco Public Works Contact:
Grace L. Moore
Phone: 415-558-5282
Email: grace.moore@sfdpw.org

During Construction (24/7): 415-695-2134

At its September 19, 2017 meeting, the Coalition of San Francisco Neighborhoods (CSFN) (of which BCNA is a member) addressed the recent action by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) to add groundwater to our Hetch Hetchy drinking water. CSFN and an advocacy group called the San Francisco Safe Water Coalition is raising the alarm about the potential health concerns and water quality impact of this plan, which took effect April 18th. BCNA supports CSFN’s efforts to ask the Board of Supervisors to overturn the SFPUC’s plan.

Please review the information about this issue, and if you share our concerns, sign the petition asking the Board of Supervisors to stop SFPUC from mixing contaminated groundwater with our drinking water at http://www.sfsafewatercoalition.com/

Summary by the San Francisco Safe Water Coalition:

• Groundwater has health risks: There are unsafe levels of nitrates, chromium 6, manganese, radon-222, pesticides, and herbicides in our groundwater, which may increase risks of cancer, birth defects, and serious illness. Testing every few months won’t help. Even “legal limits” are too high!
• Groundwater isn’t necessary: Even with expected future growth and droughts, San Francisco can meet its drinking water needs well beyond 2040 with continued conservation and efficiency measures. It’s not an emergency water supply. A week after an earthquake or other disruption, a “Do Not Drink” order would be mandatory.
• Stop wasting drinking water on irrigation, firefighting, and street cleaning: Use groundwater instead.
• Voters were misled: Prop A was approved in 2004 for earthquake upgrades to our Hetch Hetchy system. There was no mention of spending $66 million to add polluted groundwater to our drinking water supply. We, the voters were misled by the SFPUC.

For more information, email sfsafewater4all@gmail.com.