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Supes Hamstring SFMTA’s Ability to Expand Progressive Parking Policy

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 2, 2013 | 40 Comments

In a setback for progressive parking policy in San Francisco, the Board of Supervisors voted last week to eliminate the SFMTA’s ability to install any significant amount of new parking meters under a new five-year contract to upgrade existing meters. The $54 million contract originally covered 25,000 parking meters that accept credit cards and multiple […]

City’s First “Play Streets” Event Kicks Off in the Western Addition

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 16, 2013 | 3 Comments

Two blocks in the Western Addition were closed to cars and turned into a neighborhood gathering space Saturday for the city’s first “Play Streets” event. The program is an effort to build on the success of Sunday Streets and provide smaller-scale car-free spaces where people can play and socialize on a more frequent basis. “This […]

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New Stats on the Health and Business Benefits of Sunday Streets

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 14, 2013 | 16 Comments

When San Francisco streets are opened up to people for Sunday Streets, the influx of foot traffic brings a host of health and economic benefits to the city’s neighborhoods, according to findings presented by Dr. Susan Zieff, a professor of kinesiology at SF State University, at a Board of Supervisors committee hearing yesterday. Zieff and her […]

Central SoMa Plan Envisions Transitways and Safer Streets for SoMa

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 13, 2013 | 5 Comments

The Central Subway is coming, like it or not, and that means Fourth Street will get Muni Metro service starting in 2019. With that in mind, the SF Planning Department recently released the draft Central SoMa Plan (formerly known as the Central SoMa Plan), which sets the stage for upzoned transit-oriented development near new stations and […]

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Wiener’s Proposals to Streamline Ped Safety Upgrades Pass Supes Committee

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 4, 2013 | 2 Comments

A package of legislation aimed at cutting through the bureaucratic red tape that encumbers the city’s progress on life-saving pedestrian safety measures was unanimously approved by the Board of Supervisors Land Use and Economic Development Committee yesterday. The full board is expected to approve the proposals in the coming weeks. Supervisor Scott Wiener, who proposed […]

Livable City: Ticket Fee a Smart Way to Fund Transit to Warriors Arena

By Aaron Bialick | May 22, 2013 | 21 Comments

Transporting folks to and from a new Warriors arena, condo, and hotel development planned for Piers 30-32 along the Embarcadero will require smart planning and the money to fund improvements for transit, walking, and biking to avoid clogging the waterfront with cars. But Muni typically gets shorted when it beefs up transit service to bring fans to […]

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