San Francisco Public Works Annual Report - Fiscal Year 2017-18 | Page 88

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Bike Lane Sweepers
“The growing number of protected bike lanes in San Francisco is
great news for everyone who shares our streets, but they need to be
maintained to ensure they are free of debris. It’s very encouraging to see
the City invest in the proper equipment to keep our bike network riding
smoothly.” – Brian Wiedenmeier, executive director of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition
We bolstered our fleet of street cleaning trucks with three new mechanical
sweepers specially designed to remove debris from protected bike lanes.
“As we build more of these separated bike lanes to better protect cyclists
from cars and trucks, we needed to make sure that we have an efficient
and effective way to keep them clean and safe,” Public Works Director
Mohammed Nuru said at a June 13 demonstration of the new trucks on
Market Street.“This new equipment will get the job done.”
Previously, Public Works crews had to manually sweep the separated
bike lanes because the regular mechanical sweeper trucks were too wide
to access them. The work was time-consuming and the bike lanes were
not cleaned as frequently as was needed. Now, the new narrower compact
trucks can cover a lot more ground during their seven-day-a-week
operation.