Politicians in the Bay Area want to remove bike lanes from the Richmond-San Rafael bridge because they are worried about traffic congestion.
Cyclists say removing these bike lanes will put them in danger.
https://richmondside.org/2025/08/05/richmond-san-rafael-bridge-bike-path-final-vote/
https://bikeeastbay.org/rsr2024-2/
During the public hearing, commissioner Karl Hasz was spotted driving his car
It’s almost like for some reason, there’s mysteriously no fast public transit which easily could connect the north bay with the peninsula or the east bay and that’s why the traffic sucks ass.
Yes, so the proposal is to replace the unused bike lane with a bus lane.
Not according to the actual proposal and ABC7’s summary.
It’s to become a breakdown lane and a lane for emergency vehicles. There’s going to be a shuttle service which is likely going to be operating in the same lane as everyone else. Basically, no one really gets to use the lane during rush hour.