Where there was once high-speed traffic on the former Upper Great Highway, kids learned to ride bikes on a new “Bike Play Area and Skills Course” Saturday morning. This was on just one of several new spaces opening up on the as-yet-to-be-officially-named Great Highway/Ocean Beach Park.
“Kids of all ages are loving the new bike play area at Sloat. It’s been getting rave reviews from brand new bikers to more experienced ones, and it’s bringing families together to enjoy our amazing new park,” wrote Lucas Lux, President of Friends of Ocean Beach Park, in an email to Streetsblog. “Just know that once you visit, you can expect your kid to demand multiple return trips–mine definitely has.”
Meanwhile, the SF Standard‘s Garrett Leahy published a piece Monday morning claiming that the “Great Highway closure made Sunset traffic worse, data shows.”…