From SPUR: Hard questions surround the second phase of BART’s Silicon Valley extension. How do we design a project that is successful and also affordable? How do we pay to operate BART while improving all of the South Bay’s transit? When will development around stations materialize, and will it produce enough riders to sustain BART? […]

From SPUR: The Central SoMa Plan presents an opportunity to address San Francisco’s hottest real estate topics: affordable housing, high-rise office and light industrial space, community benefits and open space. But can the plan really accommodate it all? What trade-offs will have to be made? Come talk with experts about the evolving priorities of the […]

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From the SF Bicycle Coalition: How’s the SF Bike Network doing, as a real, living thing? Andy’s Audits are a series of “whole trip” evaluations of actual San Francisco bicycle trips, from Point A to Point B, connecting some real word dots by bicycle and measuring where a bit more bike love could make the […]

From SFMTA: The SFMTA and SF Planning are actively working to improve the 14 Mission corridor.  Join us at an open house to learn more! February 18, 2015 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at The Women’s Building (Auditorium) Muni Forward 14 Mission Rapid Project At the open house we’ll share proposed improvements for the 14/14L […]

Agenda Presentations and discussions of note: SFMTA’s Strategic Plan and Key Performance Indicators San Francisco’s transportation trends and mode share goals Goal One: Vision Zero Goal Two: Transit First Goal Three: Major Capital Corridor Projects and Urban Planning Initiatives Goal Four: Public Outreach and Engagement and Employee Survey

Board of Supervisors Land Use and Economic Development Committee Meeting Agenda [PDF] Item of Note: 4. Pavement to Parks Program Update Hearing Hearing on the Pavement to Parks Program, including temporary plazas and Parklets, the program’s strategic plan, and proposed annual report, and requesting the Planning Department, the Municipal Transportation Agency, and the Department of […]

Agenda [PDF] Item of Note: 5. Traffic Calming Programs on Arterial Streets Hearing on the status of traffic calming programs on arterial streets.

From the SF Transit Riders Union: Instead of crawling on your knees from bar to bar, crawl on Muni! We’ll hit 4 bars in 4 hours, all on the 14 Mission bus route. We’re riding the 14 in honor of Valentine’s Day on the 14th. Come alone, come with a date, come with all your transit riding […]

From the SF Planning Department: Please join us for a walking tour of the Randall Street and Mission Streetintersection to understand and discuss the current challenges to pedestrian safety. Contact: Mission Public Life Plan Phone: (415) 575-9086 More Info: http://missionpublicsfplanning.org Location Details Meet at Mission Street and Randall Street (Northwest corner). San Francisco California 94110

From SPUR: Public space should invite people from all walks of life to meet and spend time together, find peaceful respite, or enjoy being “alone together.” But why does our public realm often fail to bring us together? Gehl Architects and SF-based Gehl Studio draw on 50 years of Jan Gehl’s ethnographic research methodology to make places for people. Gehl explores […]