The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has unanimously decided to relocate the Valencia Street bikeway from a central position to the curbside. This construction is set to begin in early February and is expected to take two to three months. The schedule was delayed from an initial January timeline, affecting local merchants who preferred to avoid construction during peak shopping seasons. An appeal from VAMANOS regarding a CEQA exemption for the project was considered, but the Board's decision was focused solely on the legality of the appeal rather than the bikeway's overall merits.
The question before us today is not to consider the merits of the proposed bikeway product itself. It is a very narrow question of whether the MTA-proposed curbside protected bike lane project falls under the statutory exemption determined under state law.
The construction schedule has been delayed from its original plan to begin in early January - an outcome that's not ideal for most merchants along the commercial corridor.
Supervisor Jackie Fielder concluded that the SFMTA's proposal was sound by the definitions and criteria set forth in section 21080.25 of California's Public Resources Code.
The appeal was filed in December, approximately a month after the plan for the new curbside bikeway was unanimously approved by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's board.
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