Guerrilla bike lanes: San Francisco makes illicit infrastructure permanent (2016)

	Guerrilla bike lanes: San Francisco makes illicit infrastructure permanent (2016)(99percentinvisible.org)
	338 points by zenincognito 7 days ago \| 281 comments
	tl;dr: After two cyclists were killed, the anonymous SF Transformation Agency (SFMTrA) illegally installed soft-hit posts along Golden Gate Park to create protected bike lanes. Rather than removing them as usual, the city opted to make the installation permanent, pending an official review. Similar guerrilla urbanism efforts have had mixed results in Seattle (eventually accepted) and NYC (where activists have painted entire unauthorized bike lanes).
	HN Discussion: ↑Similar guerrilla infrastructure efforts have succeeded elsewhere, validating the approach ↑Bike infrastructure is inadequate and needs improvement, supporting the need for action ~Authorities can respond harshly to guerrilla urbanism, making SF's acceptance notable ↓Bikes fundamentally don't fit in existing urban infrastructure regardless of lanes ↓Legal action against reckless drivers is a better solution than infrastructure changes