Pedestrian lanes | The Adobo Chronicles

San Francisco, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – Earlier this month, the City of San Francisco unveiled the rainbow crosswalk in the Castro District. The crosswalk at the intersection of Castro and 18th Streets — painted in the colors of the gay rainbow flag — is part of the Castro redevelopment project designed to revitalize the center of gay-ness in the city.

Today, Scott Wiener, who represents the Castro district on the county board of supervisors, announced the next phase of the redevelopment project. It involves the setting up of additional crosswalks on either side of 18th Street where most of the gay bars are located.

Wiener said that the new zig-zaggy crosswalks will be for the benefit of gay drunks who crisscross 18th Street to hop from one bar to another. “Let’s face it, gay drunks can’t walk in a straight line so setting up crooked pedestrian lanes will help them cross the street without being embarrassed,” the supe said.

One crosswalk will be set up between the Toad Hall and The Edge bars and another between the Midnight Sun and SF Mix.

The new crosswalks will be ready in time for Halloween.

San Francisco, California – First, it painted its bike lanes in green, then its MUNI train tracks in red. Now, the City and County of San Francisco has entered into a multi-million contract with Sherwin-Williams, the third largest paint company in the world, for a total make-over of its thousands of pedestrian lanes. San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and the County Board of Supervisors have jointly approved the project which is expected to start in September with a completion date slated sometime in January of next year. The painting project will be implemented in several phases, starting with the entire stretch of Market Street – from Castro to the Embarcadero. Lee and the gay members of the board of supervisors will participate in a ceremonial painting of the first crosswalk on Market and Castro Streets at 9am on September 1st.

Unlike the boring, single color paint used for the bike lanes and MUNI train tracks, the new pedestrian lanes will be painted in a succession of the rainbow colors: ROYGBV ROYGBIV ROYGBIV and so on.

While admitting that the cost of the project will be a burden to the city’s coffers, the mayor and supervisors assured the public that the return on investment will be three-fold. It will also seal San Francisco’s reputation as the “Gayest City in the World.”