Valencia bike lane saga continues after new group files appeal
The year-long fight over Valencia Street bikeway continues.When the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s board approved a new curbside Valencia bike lane design on Nov. 19, after a year with the controversial center-running bike lane, many expected it to be an end. Weeks later, however, a nascent coalition of Valencia street merchants and residents has filed an appeal against the new design, demanding that the city re-evaluate the project. The group — the Valencia Association of Merchants, Artists, Neighbors, and Organizations, or VAMANOS — maintains that the new bikeway project fails to address legal, environmental and community considerations required under the California Environmental Quality Act exemption granted for the project, according to the appeal. The appeal was filed Dec. 4 to the Board of Supervisors. The board will hold a hearing on the matter on Jan. 28, 2025, at 3 p.m. The […]
