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Geary Blvd BRT Meeting Tonight in the Richmond
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Image: SFCTA As the environmental review process moves forward for the Geary Boulevard Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project, Supervisor Eric Mar is holding a community meeting to discuss the many issues at stake along the city’s busiest bus route. As we’ve written, the Geary BRT will be complementary to the proposed Van Ness corridor project, […]
Local Advocates Mourn “Death of Transit” as Part of National Campaign
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Mock funeral for transit today in Oakland. Photos: Matthew Roth Transit advocates, transit riders, politicians, and religious figures mourned the continual underfunding of transit operations by staging a mock funeral for public transit above the 12th Street/Oakland BART station today. The event was tied to a national campaign led by Transit Riders for Public Transportation […]
iPhone Apps That Might Make Your Bike Ride Safer, Certainly More Fun
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Wired gives us a look at a number of bicycle-related applications for the iPhone, including Back Light, which allows you to tell cars following too closely on your back wheel exactly what you think they should do with themselves ("Stop!," of course). I’ll admit I would put a lot of other choice statements there, but […]
SFCTA Completes Exhaustive Parking Study, Supervisors Delay Action
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Residential Parking Permit (RPP) zones. Courtesy: TA The San Francisco County Transportation Authority (TA) presented the results of the comprehensive parking study it started in 2006 to the Board of Supervisors today, fleshing out many of the parking management principles espoused by parking guru Donald Shoup in his High Cost of Free Parking and recommending […]
Thanks to All Who Came Out For Streetsblog’s Party on Sunday
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Photos:Myleen Hollero Thank you to everyone who came out after Sunday Streets to enjoy the Streetsblog San Francisco party in the parking lane on Valencia Street. We want to acknowledge Valencia Cyclery, who graciously allowed us to set up shop in front of their business, even as the sidewalks got crowded with revelers. While we […]
Eyes on the Street: Renegade Bicycle Stenciler Strikes Again
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Photos: Andy Thornley The renegade bicycle stenciler has expanded his/her vision for a slower, saner traffic plan, this time asserting a bicyclist’s right to take a lane on Oak Street and not give it back. Sharrows be damned! Unlike the previous iteration of the renegade bicycle stencil, which predicts new markings the MTA intends to […]
Reminder: Streetsblog Party Planned After Sunday Streets!
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We’re getting very excited for the weekend, especially the second of two Sunday Streets events in the Mission, this Sunday from 10 am to 2 pm. After you’ve experience the streets freed from vehicular traffic noise and opened up for walking and bicycling, roll/walk on over to Valencia Cyclery to celebrate a certain blog we […]
SF Great Streets Project Finds 17th St. Plaza Builds Community
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Photo: Jamison Wieser The San Francisco Great Streets Project (GSP) has been collecting pedestrian counts and street user surveys, and has used time-lapse photography, to measure users’ perceptions about the quality of the public realm before and after the 17th Street plaza treatments were in place. The results of the surveys show what many readers […]
San Jose and Guerrero Plaza Could Mark Triumph Over Deadly Traffic
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Intersection of Guerrero St and San Jose Ave, site of a new 9,000 sf plaza. Photo: Matthew Roth When Mayor Gavin Newsom dedicated the first of three Pavement to Parks plazas at 17th and Market streets, he promised to push forward with the next two trial plazas in short order, including one at the intersection […]
ZipCar Starts Second Annual Low-Car Diet Challenge
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Participants in the Low-Car Diet at Justin Hermann Plaza. One participant in a random drawing won a Swiss Bike donated by Montague Bikes. Photos: Matthew Roth Zipcar kicked off its second annual Low-Car Diet challenge today in the 13 cities around the country where the company does business. The challenge asks participants to give up […]
BART a National Leader in Real-Time Data Transparency and Development
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While the dispute between the MTA and NextBus Information Services (NBIS) over how real-time bus data on NextMuni (a separate company from NBIS) is used and licensed continues behind closed doors in downtown San Francisco, across the Bay, BART has flung its proverbial doors wide open to third-party developers to use its real-time data in […]
SF Approves Trial Closure of Mason Street In North Beach
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Mason Street triangle will be future home of North Beach Branch Public Library. Photo from corner of Lombard St and Columbus Ave. Courtesy: Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects. San Francisco’s traffic managers last week approved a trial closure of one block of Mason Street in North Beach from August 1st to September 27th to test what […]