BY POPULAR ACCLAIM - San Francisco Examiner - May 23, 1895

Wheelmen and Mission Residents Demand a Boulevard for Folsom Street.

Brilliant Parade of Bicyclists Followed by a Large and Enthusiastic Mass Meeting.

Japanese Lanterns and Plenty of Bunting Make the Route of the Procession Gay With Colors.

SPEECHES BY REPRESENTATIVE MEN.

Members of the South Side Improvement Club, the Mechanics' Institute, Builders' Exchange and Supervisors Pledge Their Aid.

https://www.wooljersey.com/wiki/BY_POPULAR_ACCLAIM_-_San_Francisco_Examiner_-_May_23,_1895

#BicycleHistory #advocacy #bikesf #FolsomStreet #SanFrancisco #BikeTooter #bicycle #GoodRoads #History #histodons #sfexaminer

@bikepedantic #bicycle riders and organizations have been advocating for cycle ways, wheel ways, cycle paths linking cities for a long time. The initial advocacy was coopted by the car industry, resulting in our highway system. The idea is still good. Here's a subset of the newspaper clippings I've saved, for this subject. (Tagging is a late addition to my clippings.)

https://www.newspapers.com/clippings/?user=3570264%3Amorganfletcher&tag=%20cycle%20path

Please do give these a read. LA had one.
#advocacy #history #BikeTooter #GoodRoads #transportation

@DavidGallagher What to do about Market Street, 1895

https://www.wooljersey.com/wiki/AND_NOW_FOR_MARKET_STREET._-_The_San_Francisco_Examiner,_25_May_1895

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