As a car owner and operator in San Francisco I am making a plea to please designate bicycle only streets in the city. Even one main north south running and one main east west running street would make a HUGE difference. There they are manually transporting themselves without polluting my air or harming my earth and in return we run into them with large fast moving machinery.
The city makes bike lanes, but the transitions from one street to an avenue force the bicyclist to weave across busy intersections to stay on route. I am ready to sacrifice more parking spaces to accommodate those energetic enough to bike. And seriously, we all know that the bike population would instantly double if they weren't subjected to the constant threat of death by dumb car driver.
So as a car owner, who has not been on a bicycle in over five years, please give them their own lanes. Support clean air, lower insurance rates, and healthy knees.