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Livable City: Parking Lot on Ferry Terminal Plaza Would Be Shameful

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 11, 2013 | 5 Comments

The plaza behind the Ferry Building, known largely as a farmer’s market venue and a place for ferry commuters to pass through, could be temporarily turned into a 64-space part-time parking lot during weekdays under a plan being considered by the Port Commission. Equity Office, which leases the Ferry terminal, is pushing the 18-month proposal as a […]

How Car Parking Can Make Earthquakes More Dangerous in San Francisco

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 27, 2013 | 8 Comments

The threat of earthquakes that could destroy the homes of thousands at any moment has always loomed over San Francisco. In a bid to to reduce that risk, the Board of Supervisors is expected next week to mandate seismic retrofits for nearly 3,000 wood-frame “soft-story” buildings with five housing units or more that are potentially […]

Cleaning Up SF’s Car-Littered Sidewalks Will Take More Than Parking Tickets

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 28, 2013 | 41 Comments

Cars littered on San Francisco’s sidewalks are a painfully common sight. The problem is perhaps most prevalent in outer neighborhoods like the Sunset and Bayview, where, for decades, homeowners with residential garages have paved over their front yards. The pedestrian environment on these streets is left degraded, with swaths of dead space where families and people […]

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Survey: SF’s Top Transpo Priorities Are Fixing Muni, Safer Walking and Biking

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 23, 2013 | 6 Comments

San Francisco’s scarce transportation funds should be used to make streets safer for walking and biking, and to make existing Muni service more reliable before expanding it, according to city residents who were asked to choose how to prioritize public spending. The findings come from the “Budget Czar” game, an online budgeting simulator recently used […]

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Sunday Streets to Expand With Neighborhood-Oriented “Play Streets for All”

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 26, 2012 | 10 Comments

San Francisco’s Sunday Streets will continue to grow next year with a new program designed to bring more neighborhood-oriented car-free street events to places that lack park space. “Play Streets For All,” a collaboration between Livable City, the SF Municipal Transportation Agency, and public health organizations, will introduce a smaller-scale version of Sunday Streets, making it easier […]

Livable City: With Smarter Land Use, SFCTA Could Avert “Total Gridlock”

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 13, 2012 | 12 Comments

San Francisco’s South of Market district will be crippled by gridlock within a generation unless the city makes major improvements to its transit, bicycle, and pedestrian infrastructure and implements policies that entice commuters to travel by means other than driving. That’s according to planners from the SF County Transportation Authority who aim to avert such […]

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