SF's Valencia Street bike lane forces hunger strike by business owner

A six-month trial of a new bike lane down the middle of San Francisco's Valencia Street is causing pain for businesses and worry for some cyclists as they maneuver in and out of the bike lane into traffic lanes. However, the city's Municipal Transportation Agency calls this lane a work in progress.Eiad Eltawil's family owns Yasmin Syrian Restaurant and Rossi Mission SF, an artworks store.

Eltawil says the business deaths will come from lack of parking for customer parking and staff deliveries. "Seventy-one parking is gone. They made it for commercial parking," said Eltawil. "Just a few weeks ago, Interlay for two tickets in one week while unloading my stuff right there on the corner of 19th and Valencia, just unloading stuff, $92 each ticket," said Michael Ho, owner of Chic 'n Time Restaurant.

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