Throwback Thursday: San Francisco Biking, pre-21st Century

With the appearance of dedicated lanes, new rental companies and bike sharing over the last decade, it may seem like bicycling in San Francisco has only been a more recent emphasis.

But a long ago photo says that is not so. Deep in the MTC photo archive is a San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau picture extolling the virtues of San Francisco's then new bike route network.

The picture has no date, but judging from one model's Marcia Brady-inspired knee socks and the other's golf-style plaid pants, we are confidently guesstimating it's from 1971. 

Good to see San Francisco was setting the bike trend so long ago; it's stuck around longer than the plaid pants trend. 

By the way, biking and pedestrian planning is an emphasis at MTC.