Aaron Bialick
Aaron was the editor of Streetsblog San Francisco from January 2012 until October 2015. He joined Streetsblog in 2010 after studying rhetoric and political communication at SF State University and spending a semester in Denmark.
Recent Posts
SF Board of Supervisors Meeting
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Agenda [PDF] Of note: 25. 140071 [Urging the Municipal Transportation Agency to Implement a Market on the Move Pilot Project] Sponsor: Chiu Resolution urging the Municipal Transportation Agency to implement a Market on the Move pilot project to improve the street for transit riders, bicyclists, and pedestrians through additional private vehicles, diversions, and other efforts.
Board of Supervisors Land Use and Economic Development Committee Meeting
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Agenda [PDF] Of note: 2. Planning Code – Transit Impact Development Fee Exemptions Ordinance amending the Planning Code to revise deadlines for certain Transit Impact Development Fee (TIDF) exemptions; eliminate project-specific references in exemptions applicable to redevelopment areas, and make such exemptions dependent on the terms of the controlling development agreement, redevelopment plan, interagency agreement or […]
SFMTA Board of Directors Strategic Plan Workshop
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Agenda Of note: 6. Presentation and discussion regarding key performance indicators and actions for SFMTA Strategic Plan Goals including safety, customer service, modal strategies, operations and finance. 7. Presentation and discussion regarding Municipal Railway transit service. 8. Presentation and discussion regarding the SFMTA’s Bicycle Strategy. 9. Presentation and discussion regarding the SFMTA’s Pedestrian Strategy and the […]
Gov’s Report to Caltrans: Get Out of the Way of Protected Bike Lanes
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Caltrans needs to stop focusing so much on moving cars and let cities build safer street designs with protected bike lanes, says a new report commissioned by Governor Jerry Brown and CA Transportation Secretary Brian Kelly. The report [PDF] calls out Caltrans’ “archaic” practices when it comes to imposing outdated, automobile-centric design standards on city streets in California, and says […]
Long-Delayed Polk Contra-Flow Protected Bike Lane Jumpstarted by DPW
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In a surprising development, the Department of Public Works broke ground today on a contra-flow, protected bike lane on the two southernmost blocks of Polk Street, from Market to Grove Streets (at City Hall), which are currently one-way southbound. By Bike to Work Day, two of the city’s busiest bicycling streets are expected to be […]
Chuck Nevius: People Who Don’t Walk in Fear Are Part of a “Militant Cult”
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When KQED asked Jason Henderson in a recent interview whether distracted pedestrians are contributing to a rise in traffic injuries and fatalities, he countered the nonsense. “Well, let’s think of it this way,” said Henderson, the author of Street Fight: The Politics of Mobility in San Francisco. “A pedestrian talking on the phone that bumps into […]
Cesar Chavez: A Traffic Sewer Transformed Into a Safer Street
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Western Cesar Chavez Street has been transformed after decades as a dangerous motor vehicle speedway that divided the Mission and Bernal Heights neighborhoods. City officials cut the ribbon today on a redesign of the street, nearly nine years after residents began pushing for safety improvements. Cesar Chavez was widened in the 1930s and 40s at […]
Survey Shows Polk Neighbors Want Safer Streets First, Not Parking
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Updated 6:09 p.m. with comment from MPNA. Polk Street’s dangerous conditions for people walking and biking are, by far, the biggest concern for people who live, work, and shop there — far more important than any lack of car parking, according to a new neighborhood survey. The survey [DOCX] was conducted by the Mayor’s Office of […]
TEP Update: Muni Behind on Transit Signal Priority, But the N Is Near
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Half of San Francisco’s traffic signals were supposed to have transit priority installed by this spring, according to the ambitious schedule set out by managers of the Muni Transit Effectiveness Project two years ago. This may not come as much of a surprise, but the SFMTA isn’t quite meeting its target. Of the 600 signals to […]
SF Bicycle Advisory Committee Meeting
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“Pissed-Off Voters” to Mayor: “Be Nice, Look Twice” an Insult to Victims
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The League of Pissed-Off Voters is, well, pissed off about Mayor Ed Lee’s lighthearted tone in his “Be Nice, Look Twice” campaign — his answer to the maiming and killing of San Franciscans by reckless drivers. In an open letter to Mayor Lee, titled “Don’t be a Zero: We need public service, not lip service,” the […]