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Joél Ramos’ SFMTA Board Nomination Moves Swiftly to Board of Supes

By Aaron Bialick | May 5, 2011 | 3 Comments

The SF Board of Supervisors Rules Committee approved the nomination of transit advocate Joél Ramos to the SFMTA Board of Directors today without deliberation, and his final confirmation is expected by the full board on Tuesday. “Joél is the real deal,” said Andy Thornley, the policy director of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, who turned out with […]

Work Begins on Upper Market Street Bike Lane Improvements

By Aaron Bialick | May 3, 2011 | 9 Comments

Preparations for improvements [pdf] to the Upper Market Street bike lanes are underway and when completed will mark a step towards safer passage for travelers by bike at three intersections along the city’s busiest bike corridor, where a vision for a protected bikeway was dropped nearly forty years ago. The extended bike lanes should provide […]

Eyes on the Street: Rebar Crews Grace Columbus Ave. with Second Parklet

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 28, 2011 | 10 Comments

Within a span of just a few hours, a new parklet has transformed a part of Columbus Avenue in North Beach. Fronting Caffe Roma, it’s the second project to bring some breathing room to choked sidewalks on a section where cafe and restaurant life fill one of the city’s densest and most historic neighborhoods. “Somebody called […]

Golden Gate Park JFK Bikeway Project Delayed Until December 2011

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 26, 2011 | 22 Comments

The expected construction of a physically-separated bikeway along a stretch of John F. Kennedy (JFK) Drive in Golden Gate Park will now come no sooner than December, according to a report from the San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFCTA). “All parties involved in the project recognize that they underestimated the complexity of the planning and design […]

Advocates Laud Mayor’s Nomination of Joél Ramos to the SFMTA Board

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 14, 2011 | 5 Comments

When TransForm’s Joél Ramos led the community outreach charge on the International Boulevard Transit-Oriented Development Plan in Oakland, he went to “ridiculous lengths” to bring everyone to the table. “He really educated people on the potential of the project so they could plug in in a way that’s really more sophisticated,” said fellow TransForm advocate Marta […]

‘People Plan’ Could Speed Bike, Ped, Transit Improvements on Embarcadero

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 1, 2011 | 13 Comments

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee has unveiled the People Plan [pdf], a document laying out strategies to meet the quickly approaching challenges of bringing hundreds of thousands of visitors to the city’s waterfront for the 2013 America’s Cup yacht race. Transit advocates see it as an opportunity to boost sustainable transportation and build out some […]

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