Last month the SF Chronicle ran a great article by Carl Hall on the San Francisco Bay Trail, a wonderfully ambitious effort to ring the Bay with a continuous 500-mile walking and bicycle trail. The project is being led by the Association of Bay Area Governments, which estimates that it'll take another $188 million and 15 years to complete. (It'll actually cost a lot more when you factor in pedestrian and bike access paths on all the bridges around and across the Bay.)
A steep price tag, yes, particularly at a time when there are so many other urgent needs. But it's still worth our support. The Bay is an incredible natural treasure in the middle (literally) of one of the largest metropolitan areas in the country. Despite the Bay Area's phenomenal growth over the past few decades, the shoreline is surprisingly undeveloped and accessible, but only a project like the Bay Trail will keep it that way.
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