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Supes Reject Appeal for CEQA Review of Sunday Parking Meter Repeal

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 18, 2014 | 30 Comments

The Board of Supervisors voted 9-2 yesterday to reject an appeal, filed by sustainable transportation advocates, to require environmental review of the SFMTA’s repeal of Sunday parking meters. Although the vote was not on the merits of Sunday parking metering, but rather whether the SFMTA violated the California Environmental Quality Act in repealing it, the […]

Sunday Meter Repeal Needs No CEQA Review, Say SFMTA and Planning Dept.

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 13, 2014 | 18 Comments

An appeal claiming that the repeal of Sunday parking meters is an action that requires environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act is baseless, according to responses issued by the SFMTA and Planning Department this week. The appeal, filed by Livable City and the SF Transit Riders Union, is set for a hearing and vote at […]

Standing Up to the Naysayers: Tales of Livable Streets Leadership From NYC

By Aaron Bialick | May 2, 2014 | 22 Comments

Re-shaping city streets almost always runs up against some level of opposition — it’s part and parcel of physically changing what people often see as their territory. Whether residents get to have safer streets, however, often comes down to the elected leaders who stand up to the naysayers. In San Francisco lately, we’ve seen a […]

Scott Wiener Proposes Measures to Curb SFFD’s Push for Wider Streets

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 29, 2014 | 21 Comments

The San Francisco Fire Department has not let up in its fight against narrower roads in the city, protesting measures like bulb-outs and traffic lane removals that make streets safer. In one of the latest instances, SFFD has fought 20-foot-wide streets planned for two major redevelopments, going against years of planning and established city codes. The department […]

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Market Street: Transit Paint Upgrades Coming, but Car Bans Still Missing

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 6, 2014 | 12 Comments

Despite calls for more measures to get cars off of Market Street, and the benefits brought by the forced turns already put in place, the SFMTA still has yet to propose any new restrictions on private autos. The agency does, however, plan to make some paint upgrades to help keep Muni moving this spring or […]

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Imagine No Deaths: Supes, Safe Streets Advocates Call for “Vision Zero”

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 14, 2014 | 14 Comments

A coalition of safe streets advocates, community organizations, and city supervisors have launched a campaign for San Francisco to join leading cities in adopting a “Vision Zero” goal — an end to traffic deaths on city streets within ten years. “We need a culture shift in San Francisco, and it has to start from the […]

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