{"id":343,"date":"2008-04-22T12:32:18","date_gmt":"2008-04-22T20:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2008\/04\/22\/bicycle-coalition-teams-up-with-cityto-accelarate-pothole-maintenance\/"},"modified":"2018-10-21T19:48:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T03:48:01","slug":"bicycle-coalition-teams-up-with-cityto-accelarate-pothole-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/343\/bicycle-coalition-teams-up-with-cityto-accelarate-pothole-maintenance\/","title":{"rendered":"Bicycle coalition teams up with City<br>to accelerate pothole maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos\/sfbc_potholes_080419\/html\/mw2w2378_std.jpg\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nMembers of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition tagged potholes and dangerous road hazards<br \/>\nalong Market Street Saturday in an effort to accelerate City pothole maintenance.<br \/>\n<strong>Photos by Luke Thomas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Luke Thomas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>April 22, 2008<\/p>\n<p>Members of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition roamed San Francisco&#8217;s bumpiest streets Saturday to tag potholes the group says present dangerous road conditions for cyclists.<\/p>\n<p>Dubbed &#8220;Attack of the Crater Invaders,&#8221; cyclists convened in front of City Hall for a briefing before teams fanned out across the city in search of potholes and road hazards.<\/p>\n<p>Armed with non-permanent spray paint and stencils, the coalition aims to accelerate the time it takes to fix potholes by tagging pavement hazards and calling them in to the city&#8217;s 3-1-1 service which immediately dispatches the information to the Department of Public Works (DPW).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition has been working hard to improve the street quality for cyclists,&#8221; SFBC spokesperson Neil Patel told Fog City Journal during the press conference.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos\/sfbc_potholes_080419\/html\/mw2w2348_std.jpg\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nNeil Patel\u00c2\u00a0coordinates a briefing in front of City Hall<br \/>\nbefore sending out teams to identify and tag potholes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We all know there are potholes and other hazardous conditions on the road and they are a real danger to cyclists,&#8221; Patel added.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Though San Francisco has been designated a Gold level &#8216;Bike-Friendly Community&#8217; by the League of American Bicyclists, a <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130326101351\/http:\/\/www.sfbike.org\/download\/reportcard_2006\/SF_bike_report_card_2006.pdf\">2006 Report Card survey<\/a> conducted by the SFBC rated San Francisco a &#8220;B-&#8221; in overall satisfaction. Satisfaction with pavement quality earned a &#8220;D+&#8221;, the survey&#8217;s lowest grade.<\/p>\n<p>Potholes negatively impact both motorists and cyclists alike. For motorists, potholes reduce the life expectancy of suspension systems and tires leading to frequent and costly repairs. For cyclists, potholes can destabilize rides and cause preventable injurious accidents.<\/p>\n<p>As many as 10 percent of the 1,151 respondents to the SFBC Report Card survey reported crashes directly related to potholes and road hazards, according to SFBC Executive Director Leah Shahum.<\/p>\n<p>According Department of Public Works (DPW) communications spokesperson Christine Falvey, the department repaired 18,204 roadway defects in fiscal year 2006\/7 and 11,000 defects so far in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This fiscal year, DPW will have spent $36.4 million on its roadway resurfacing program and public works will have paved more than 300 blocks by the end of the fiscal year,&#8221; Falvey responded to Fog City Journal inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>A separate capital budget helps to repair individual potholes, Department of Public Works Director Ed Reiskin said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our pothole program is primarily funded through the city&#8217;s capital budget,&#8221; Reiskin reported. &#8220;For fiscal year 2007-08 (July 2007 through June 2008), we have $1.68 million for this program, which essentially funds two crews plus materials (asphalt).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By far the worst area in the city for potholes is in the Soma\/Market Street area,&#8221; Patel reported, &#8220;but there are many potholes all over the city.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Patel added that DPW has been &#8220;very responsive and helpful&#8221; in filling potholes as a result of SFBC&#8217;s assistance in identifying road hazards.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos\/sfbc_potholes_080419\/html\/mw2w2390_std.jpg\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos\/sfbc_potholes_080419\/html\/mw2w2341_std.jpg\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition tagged potholes and dangerous road hazards along Market Street Saturday in an effort to accelerate City pothole maintenance. 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