Mission Creek Bikeway and Greenbelt Concept Plan
written by: judy west and josh hart
Project Team:
Judy West, Madrina Group
Josh Hart, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
Kate Bickert, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
Leah Shahum, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition
Peter Tannen, San Francisco Department of Parking and Traffic
Oliver Gajda, San Francisco Department of Parking and Traffic
Mosaic Mural by Laurel True and Lillian Sizemore at 16th and Harrison produced for the Mission Creek Bikeway Markers Project by Judy West
www.missioncreek.org
Acknowledgements
The enthusiasm for this project from those who work or live in the neighborhoods of SOMA, Showplace Square, Potrero Hill, and the Mission, and those who will work or live in Mission Bay, is a testament to the strong need for such a facility in this area of San Francisco. So many people contributed to this effort, it would be impossible to name them all. The following is a list of those who contributed significant time and effort to make a bikeway and greenbelt a reality along Mission Creek. We apologize in advance for any omissions.
Vince Healy and the students of the UC Berkeley Ext. Planting Design Class: Lisa Charpontier, Mariana De Toro, Daniel Edwards, Ellen E. Edwards, Johnny Fort, Shirley Geis, Kristi Gillespie, Richard Harker, Alleen N. Hodgkin, Amir Kunin, Jennifer D. Liw, Jonny McPhee, Kate Michels, Lisa Mitchel, Rick Morris, Claudia Olalla, Janet Pigot, Julia Sanders, Kap Seidel, Sally Schute, Nancy Silva, Ivor Thomas, Marge Tibbetts, and Melissa Willmann for their inspiring ideas and designs
digipop, especially Justin Smith for creating and maintaining the Mission Creek website and creating a digital photo tour of the corridor. Visit http://www.digipop.com/
David Parisi, Parisi Associates for traffic engineering assistance
Santos and Urrutia Engineering, for preparing the CAD maps of the corridor and plan
Arena Reed, for the before & after visualization and an interactive map on the website
Billy Blattner at Wessling Creative, for design of the Mission Creek Bikeway Logo
Trent Lethco, Ashley Nguyen, and MTC's TLC Program, for providing this grant
City of San Francisco, for selecting the MCB as a recipient of a TDA article 3 grant
Alon Picker and Q&A Multimedia, for photography, graphic design, and printing
Kap Seidel, for his work on the initial design concept
Leon Sun, for design of the front cover
Jeff Swenerton, for design and layout of the 2001 public meeting flyers
Stephanie Alting-Mees, for project management assistance
Gernot Huber for distribution of workshop invitations
AF Evans Development, for including the MCB in their design of 601 King St.
David Baker Architects, for livable community design contributions to this project
Dolby Labs, for continuing support and encouragement
Bay West Group, for support and encouragement
Supervisor Chris Daly (District 6), for his continuing support of the MCB
Amanda Eaken, for editing assistance
SPUR, for political support of the project and general guidance
Southern Exposure Gallery at Project Artaud, for providing public meeting space
RAM Development, for donating their storefront for exhibition space
West Properties for exhibition and meeting space
Jose Luis Moscovich, for his continuing support of this project
Mike Sallaberry and Cathal Hennessy, SF DPT, for traffic engineering assistance
Joe Ovadia of SF DPW, for working the MCB into and around the City's repaving program
Victor Miller and the New Mission News for continuing support and press coverage
Doug McNeil, Gwen Kaplan, and the Northeast Mission Business Association
PowerBar, for a seed grant to help SFBC with outreach surrounding this project
Potrero Nuevo Fund Prize for funding the Mission Creek Mosaic Mural (on the previous page)