Maybe in Norfolk. Not in San Francisco. We have had demonstrations by the organized and politically active Bicycle Coalition tying up the Friday commute downtown in order to get what they want for decades now. We have rental bikes from several companies including Ford all over downtown. We have many established bike lanes and routes. Streets have been redesigned and in at least one case cars have been banned.

But IMHO what really limits cycling in SF is geography. My city is not the Netherlands or Denmark, which is to say it isn't flat. Most bike commuting seems to be from neighborhoods popular with Millennials but that also happen to be on the flatlands along with downtown such as the Mission and Castro. You don't see many people biking from up on Twin Peaks or Pacific Heights or even to downtown from the western part of town (you do see some people biking short distances within those latter areas).

a silly aside, but it seems one of the earliest known uses of the ef word was during a pandemic:



https://nypost.com/2020/04/10/one-of...ague-lockdown/

Isn't this an argument for increasing transportation options? SF is very auto-oriented, congestion is increasing, yet remains a fairly good environment for non-auto mobility. Why not build the infrastructure? And obviously drivers benefit from others taking transit/walking/biking.

I've driven in SF, and it isn't a difficult driving city, at all. It's quite welcoming to drivers for global standards.

nyc daily deaths jumped back up to 778 yesterday —

— and total deaths now over 10k.

its all just beyond belief.

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Once again, NO POLITICS IN THIS THREAD!

take that shit to the current events toilet.

Damn, I think Sweden will likely be the next Country that is stricken and stricken bad.

Especially when you consider COVID-19 deaths are vastly under-counted in NYC, some estimate by as much as half. Most at-home deaths are not counted. Or at least not counted for a couple of weeks after they happen (need to wait on the coroners backlog, then be examined, then have test results...etc).
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020...irus-fdny.html
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/loca...nting/2368678/
https://gothamist.com/news/surge-num...related-deaths

No, the new estimates include at-home deaths. In fact the new numbers are quite controversial, because now nearly 40% of Covid-19 deaths in NYC have no confirmed Covid-19 determination.

The death count went from like 6,500 to 10,000 in one day due to the at-home death reclassification.

I read something yesterday that referenced social distancing up to 2022, and possibly even 2024, assuming a vaccine fails or they fail to find a vaccine. Social distancing until 2022 would be insanity.

I’m not even sure how that is possible without nullifying society as we know it.

At some point we just have to accept this disease’s existence and carry on, I say. And I’m a healthcare worker!

Plateauing the curve:

https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/ser...970425/enhance

https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/ser...970426/enhance

https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/ser...970425/enhance
https://projects.sfchronicle.com/2020/coronavirus-map/

I need to put together a ninja outfit...

https://media1.tenor.com/images/9837...itemid=8797934

Starting today, everyone in all of Los Angeles County has to wear a face covering when out and about. I hadn't been driving to/from work with one, being that I usually drive by myself with the a/c on and the windows closed, but this morning I drove to work wearing mine.

Hard to believe they mean that to apply when you are inside a car with the windows up. When I ultimately drive from Tucson to SF, I don't plan to be wearing a mask in the car.

I don't think you need to be wearing one inside a car with the windows up if you're driving alone, but I just wore it anyway.

The funny thing is, weeks ago, I started seeing solo drivers wearing face masks, and I thought it was silly. Hehe but this morning I wore one driving to work.

My favorite coffee shop reopened today, so that was nice... I've noticed a lot of other restaurants are reopening as well, as the lockdown stretches on with no end in sight. Other restaurants are begging for help on social media, and some are just closing. Asheville has thus far lost a wine bar and a cigar bar, with more to come. A survey of 500 business owners downtown found that about 32% are planning to close up shop.

Meanwhile, in having to deal with a sick cat, I've learned how much you start to rely on pantomime and interpretive dance when your face is covered by a mask and no one can see your mouth or whether you're smiling or frowning. Lots of sweeping hand gestures.

Lastly, come hell, high water, or a global health crisis, our local ABC station, WLOS News 13, remains the not-quite-ready-for-primetime news channel:

https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...a8&oe=5EBC72CA
Source.

The funny thing is that the headline makes more sense with the typo than without it.

Well, they say jacking off can cure depression... :shrug:

Just be careful... You don't want a flood warning.

:haha:

https://sf.curbed.com/2020/4/15/2122...9%2520pandemic

My question is which hotels are going to be willing to rent their rooms for this purpose. It's not cost-free for them. Some of the homeless doubtless carry pests such as fleas and lice, even bed bugs. And they aren't likely to treat their new free quarters with much care or respect, one suspects.

I'm pretty sure I wouldn't want to pay SF's median room rate for a room recently vacated by a homeless mentally ill alcoholic recently living on the street unless pretty much everything in it has been replaced and the space fumigated.

Reminds me of what "The Who" would do to hotel rooms back in the day.

In the present case, one wonders how the who's who of homeless folk will treat their new digs.