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Planning Commission certifies Bicycle Plan EIR and approves general-plan and code changes despite neighborhood objections
Summary
The Planning Commission certified the final EIR for the San Francisco Bicycle Plan and adopted related general-plan and planning-code amendments after a lengthy public hearing that included strong objections from some merchants and residents about notice, lost parking and left-turn lanes and robust support from bicycle advocates and city agencies.
The Planning Commission certified the final environmental impact report (EIR) for the San Francisco Bicycle Plan and adopted related amendments to the general plan and planning code after an extended public hearing that featured competing testimony from merchants and neighborhood residents, bicycle advocates, and city agencies.
Planning staff and the MTA described the Bicycle Plan as a citywide effort to expand a safe bicycle network, improve transit and bicycle connections, and increase secure bicycle parking. The staff presentation explained proposed general-plan language and two map updates (bicycle route maps and the downtown transportation map) and described targeted planning-code amendments to increase required bicycle parking,…
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